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<blockquote data-quote="Kamen" data-source="post: 408973" data-attributes="member: 10852"><p>Asperger's Syndrome doesn't necessarily mean lack of empathy. It also doesn't mean lack of feelings and emotions. This is really one of the most popular myths when it comes to AS. Very generally, AS is often characterised by problems in emotional attunement (expression and perception on emotional level), i.e. the two-way emotional link with the outer world is a bit unstable and unclear when compared to the usual, built-in one, so a person may have to refine it consciously, and an observer might mistakenly interpret it in the aforementioned mythological way. In fact, many people with AS have very strong emotions, sometimes even stronger than neurotypicals, but it's just that others don't see this on the surface. Of course, AS is much more than that and it varies from person to person. Personally, I don't even call it a disorder, since it isn't something that comes and goes, but it's just the way some people are neurologically wired. (I myself suspected that I may have AS, but my doctor neither confirmed nor rejected this after we talked. It is often masked and much harder to detect in adults without thorough examination of the past.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kamen, post: 408973, member: 10852"] Asperger's Syndrome doesn't necessarily mean lack of empathy. It also doesn't mean lack of feelings and emotions. This is really one of the most popular myths when it comes to AS. Very generally, AS is often characterised by problems in emotional attunement (expression and perception on emotional level), i.e. the two-way emotional link with the outer world is a bit unstable and unclear when compared to the usual, built-in one, so a person may have to refine it consciously, and an observer might mistakenly interpret it in the aforementioned mythological way. In fact, many people with AS have very strong emotions, sometimes even stronger than neurotypicals, but it's just that others don't see this on the surface. Of course, AS is much more than that and it varies from person to person. Personally, I don't even call it a disorder, since it isn't something that comes and goes, but it's just the way some people are neurologically wired. (I myself suspected that I may have AS, but my doctor neither confirmed nor rejected this after we talked. It is often masked and much harder to detect in adults without thorough examination of the past.) [/QUOTE]
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