Question

[stealthdragon.livejournal.com]

It's been suggested that multiplicity might be more common in people with/whose body has Aspergers' syndrome or autism, and I'm rather curious how well that holds up.

Do you or anyone in your system have Aspergers' syndrome or autism? If so, is it a system-wide thing, or particular to a certain person or group?


We have Aspergers' syndrome, and it appears to affect everyone in our system to some extent. (None of us is all that good at understanding social situations or reading body language, for instance, and the lot of us have 'odd' interests.)

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Comments

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

"It sounds like whether or not he was inclined to talk to begin with, after that, he just basically got the impression that interacting with people at all was dangerous."

Yeah, he did - it probably wasn't just my Mom; kindergarten was a cruel place, and of course neurotypical children relentlessly torment anyone 'different'. By the time we turned six, the only person he'd let see him was our (physical) little brother - that was also when he began his sporadic attempts to run away, which didn't cease till we were 40 years old.

He hasn't had an easy life, by any means, and from what Kír says, the time before was even worse, but nevertheless he's a pretty cheerful guy, and our present way of life suits him well. It's amazing how much he does talk now, when it's only been about five years since his first words in English... LOL, even though (as my kid humorously complained) he still talks more to the dogs than he does to people.