I Had Asperger Syndrome. Briefly.

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10. mzteris

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I think many with asbergers - specially the many who is borderline, is one of the best actors who is out there.. Mostly because they have to be on a tight line, between their issues, and what is excepted of them from the socitity... And that is Not a easy line to be on, the tight line between "normality" and the opposite who is a part of you...

My brother, who have aspberger is sometimes like a "child in a grown mans body".. It all depend if he have a good day or not - but he can if he need, be as good as everyone else, and make decisions what to do, who is maybe better than most "normal" can do.. I can tell a story from some years ago.. My brother had visited our mother, who is living in the north of Sweden, I was working so I was not able to be with him then.. He managed to do the trip up to our mom, visited them, and was able to fly back to Arlanda (outside Stockholm the capital in Sweden) Then a Fu** from SAS he was sent to a gate, who was not the gate he was supposed to be at - and he was on his good way to Turkey when he was asked if he should travel to Turkey - he should have been on his way to Oslo, Fornebu (this was before Fornebu was closed down and all traffic going to Gardermoen on the outhits of Oslo) He managed to get to a rep from SAS, and was put on the next available aircraft back to Oslo. He then managed to get a free taxi to Oslo, and the main railroad station (courtesy of SAS, who also apologizes for the misunderstanding).. There he managed to get a free ride with the train - because a breakdown of the train, he was put on a freight train, and was chatting with the train driver all the way up to where he should off (and the train driver and he had a great time as my brother is a smart man with a lot of his mind, he just have to control it sometimes) and given a free taxi (courtesy of NSB, who for one way or another believing it to be the best idea) and he was coming home, without any problem at all.. And, he haven't being paying a dime for the whole affair.....

So never underestimate a person with Asberger - they might look goofy, and sometimes act goofy - but if they need to be, they often is as smart as any "normal" out there... Sometimes I suspect my brother to be little goofy on purpuse - sometimes it is good to let other do most of the job, instead of doing it yourself....

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