This is a short post I wrote within the few hours of seeing and waiting for the responses for this post, I will write a more in depth and evidence based post to correct any of my badly worded information as this was just an immediate response and based on a few sources I have been to in the past and my general knowledge about ASD and Aspergers. Also ignore my spelling errors and please don’t take offence to anything I say, we are all different and share our own thoughts and opinions 🙂 I promise to accept you if you accept me. 

I am applaud by the post from WHO, I have so much respect for the organisation but this is truly shocking. 

This is not entirely correct. There is no cure and there are zero treatments for the condition. ASD is a spectrum, whether you like it or not there is a lower end and a higher end that’s just how a spectrum works, many of us will be at completely different ends or very similar places. Just like NTs we are all different and all share different traits which can be impacted by environmental facts and genetics. Some of us don’t appear to have the stereotypical traits that seem to appear in many shows and films. Some of us are above average intelligence and some of us are under average, it’s a spectrum and the sooner you accept that the easier it will be for all of us. I swear if I have another person begins to speak slowly to me as soon as I mention I have Aspergers then I will throw my phone at them.

Many of us with Aspergers have above or average intelligence however some may have learning disabilities that impact the learning process especially if they do not receive the support they would like or need. 

Sometimes we are more likely to suffer from other conditions surrounding mental health and Hypermobility however considering this is a subject that we’re all still trying to learn and understand about things will always change and develop. 

From the NINDS they state, ” The term “spectrum” refers to the wide range of symptoms, skills, and levels of disability in functioning that can occur in people with ASD. Some children and adults with ASD are fully able to perform all activities of daily living while others require substantial support to perform basic activities. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5, published in 2013) includes Asperger syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) as part of ASD rather than as separate disorders. A diagnosis of ASD includes an assessment of intellectual disability and language impairment.” 

Later on I read this source from NAS, 

“People with Asperger syndrome see, hear and feel the world differently to other people. If you have Asperger syndrome, you have it for life – it is not an illness or disease and cannot be ‘cured’. Often people feel that Asperger syndrome is a fundamental aspect of their identity…People with Asperger syndrome are of average or above average intelligence. They don’t have the learning disabilities that many autistic people have, but they may have specific learning difficulties. They have fewer problems with speech but may still have difficulties with understanding and processing language.” I am aware that Aspergers and Autism differ in some or many ways depending on the individual.

I then read the link from the WHO and was even more angry at the lack of evidence and information, “ASDs begin in childhood and tend to persist into adolescence and adulthood. In most cases the conditions are apparent during the first 5 years of life.” this is not very informative, you are usually much younger and for women this can be extremely different. 

We tend to feel much much more than a NT and the reason why empathy may not be “present” is because we feel it so much stronger than we may be unable to show it in an appropriate way. The reason why our behaviours are so different may be because our brains work differently, this would make for a better caption than what the WHO put. None of us are broken and none of us need fixing, we need NTs to be more understanding and accepting, maybe when they do as much research into what it is like for us as much as we do for them then maybe we would get along a lot more. (excluding those of course who are lovely and understanding as again NTs are all different too and some may be understanding and some with ASD may not be understanding). We need a world where we can all be different and just except the fact they we are not computers we are people. 

Lastly there is NOTHING wrong with being Autistic or Aspergers, in fact thankfully to my traits that I was BORN with.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/autism-spectrum-disorders

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Autism-Spectrum-Disorder-Fact-Sheet

https://www.autism.org.uk/about/what-is/asperger.aspx

Please do research, I will always continue to research my diagnosis and try to understand myself as well as others ❤