Nik Taylor wrote, quoting myself:
> > The reality is that Asperger people don't develop social
> > brain-functions such as empathy at normal ages.
>
> I'm almost 22,
Really? I'm recently 23 (b. 12 June 1977).
> and my empathy skills are still somewhat limited. I can
> feel bad for someone, or happy for them, but I can't put
> myself in other people's shoes.
The people I feel most able to respond empathetically to
are those with a similar personality type to myself - who
perhaps experience less empathy "in the world" than the
average person.
Inversely, I've been known to get _majorly_ offended when
people assume to know what I'm thinking. That's one thing
that really gets to me. Especially when they're wrong and
won't admit the possibility that they _are_ wrong. Mum's
historically been the worst offender on that count - I'd
tell a few stories if it weren't for the fact that I
percieve that detailed public discussion of ancient
family tensions is somewhat morally tenuous.
> > Here and there I like to preserve a few islands of
sanity
> > within the vast sea of absurdity which is my mind.
> > After all, you can't survive as an eight foot tall
> > flesh eating dragon if you've got no concept of reality.
>
> I like that sig. :-)
Amidst its many layers of meaning it tells you basically
all you need to know about me.
(Hey, I have the sort of mind that can write something like
<http://www.wibble.co.uk/ramblings/pingpong-fragile.html>
- what does *that* tell ya? <g>)
Adrian.