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do you understand and can you easily use humour, irony and figurative language? i don’t know anyone with aspergers who is remotely socially competent in those areas.
tpeople with aspergers i’ve known also tended towards fixations with certain topics or hobbies . in one case the guy collected model trains and cars- he knew their serial numbers, production lists, brands, specs sheets, etc…. another guy knew everything about movies- he knew every plotline, character, actor, the producers, directors, their careers, etc- he could tell me who worked with who on what film between which dates and what they’d done previously with that actor and did i know that so and so also worked with you know who- who is this first guys cousin… and he’s make a verbal spiderweb connecting films over different genres, timeframes, production companies, in an almost monotone speech pattern, etc).
they struggled a lot and became rapidly out of their depth with changes to regular or predicted patterns, such as deviation from a regular driving route or daily routine, and things that didn’t conform to a perceived law- like the ‘i before e’ rule, statements that were based in sarcasm or not meant to be taken literally “i could kill for some fries right now”, “i’m dying of thirst”, “well doesn’t THAT suck?!” etc resulted in a blank stare, and request for clarification- if not complete misunderstanding.
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