Autism is sometimes described as a ‘hidden disability’, not only because it has no physical signs, just

because there appears to be no speech impediment, or any obvious signs of a Learning Disability, for
that reason many people often wrongly assume the condition is only a mild impairment. But adults with
autism are some of the most excluded, and least visible, people in the UK. When “The Autism Act”
was introduced in 2009, the government Minister for DWP Welfare Reform stated that by:-
“Accommodating a good process for people with autism, makes for a better processes for everyone.”
The term “autism” as an umbrella term for covering a spectrum of symptoms (including
Aspergers) that are unique to each individual. The 3 main areas of difficulty, which all people
with autism share, are known as the ‘triad of impairments’:-
1) Social communication ie problems using and understanding verbal and non-verbal language,
such as gestures, facial expressions and tone of voice eg an inability to read body language.
2) Social interaction ie problems in recognising and understanding other people’s feelings and
managing their own eg an inability to read or hide emotional upset, or deceive others.
3) Social imagination ie problems in understanding and predicting other people’s intentions
and behaviour and imagining situations outside their own routine eg a naive vulnerability to
being misled and abused.

HMG’s “Strategy for, adults with Autism”, introduced “The Autism Act” in 2009 as a unique and groundbreaking piece
of legislation. It signalled a new commitment across government to transforming the way all public services are expected
to support adults with autism. It represents the nations first ever piece of legislation designed to address the needs of one
specific impairment group – adults with autism (including Aspergers). The strategy is underpinned by the fundamental
principles of equality and human rights. Progress on delivering the strategy will be led nationally by a new autism
programme board, which will be co-chaired by the Minister for Care Services and the Director-General of Social Care at the
Department of Health (DH). Increased awareness of autism across public services is the essential starting point; to
delivering a real impetus and set a clear universal framework for the nation.

Dr Tony Attwood (a leading authority) states:- The simplest way to understand Asperger’s
syndrome is that it describes someone who thinks and perceives the world differently to
other people. Although we are only just beginning to describe and understand these
differences, the unusual profile of abilities that we define as Asperger’s syndrome has
probably been an important and valuable characteristic of our species throughout
evolution. Such individuals have very different priorities and perceptions of the world
and strong analytical skills for practical problem solving, but are lacking in being adapt
at properly understanding social etiquette. The person prioritises the pursuit of
knowledge, perfection, truth, accuracy and the understanding of the physical world above
feelings and interpersonal experiences. This can lead to valued talents but also
vulnerabilities in the social world that affects self-esteem and can be obliviously very
brazen or overly blunt with the factual truth, as they see it. The brain is wired differently,
not defectively. Some examples of famous people expected to have Aspergers:- Bill Gates,
Einstein, Newton, Mozart, Beethoven, VanGogh, Mchelangelo, Alan Turing, Alexander
Graham Bell, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Howard Hughes, Henry Ford.
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Described as “The next stage in human evolution”, Tony Attwood.
“Once you’ve met a person with Autism, you’ve met
one person with Autism." - Dr. Stephen Shore.
“Looking at an MRI brain scan of a person with
Asperger’s Syndrome. It’s amazing to see just how
much more of the brain is being used, compared to
a normal Neuro-Typical person.”
Autism Ambassador, Anna Kennedy OBE.

Same on the outside, but wired very differently on the inside!

So who, has the bigger disability? .
When the difference between reality and .
expectations, is always stress!

Intelligence based on word phrases and abstract assumptions. Intelligence based on science fact, logic & observable dependencies

When the majority of the population classifies, it’s the minority with the social colour blindness as having the disability!
Imagine a conversations in daily life a bit like this, where no spectacles, can ever fix this type of social colour blindness.
LEFT:- Is it an Apple or an Orange?
RIGHT:- Well, there are some aspects that could be an apple and some aspects that could be an orange.
LEFT:- Why are you being so evasive? Just answer the simple question! Apple or Orange?
RIGHT:- But, it could be either!
LEFT:- I only want to know if it is an Apple or an Orange.
RIGHT:- Then I am afraid your question is fundamentally flawed. I have answered your question, most accurately.
LEFT:- You are just being awkward and evasive.
RIGHT:- No! Why? An apple is often green on the outside. An orange is orange on the inside.
LEFT:- Stop changing the subject.
RIGHT:- I am not changing the subject, I am explaining the deeper dependant facts that should be obvious, you are missing.
LEFT:- You are clearly just not capable of answering simple questions.
RIGHT:- I think it is you who is not capable of asking intelligent questions. What requirement is it that you actually want to know?
LEFT:- Is it an Apple or an Orange?
RIGHT:- Well as I said, there are some aspects that could be an apple and some aspects that could be an orange.
LEFT:- You really are being impossible!
RIGHT:- I can’t help you if you expect me to mess with the undeniable facts, in order to meet your distorted abstract expectations.
Aspergers have IQ’s that are mostly over 70, and thought to be genius. This tends to make people think of high intelligence.
But the genius reality, does not lie in the supposed high intelligence of those with Aspergers, but in their conscientiousness and associative

horizon. An ability to think very creatively outside of the box as well as zoom-in and zoom-out of handling great detail far better
than most others. - Paul Coojiman.
It is said people with Asperger syndrome can not lie. Not so much an inability as a virtue; it is the being attached to truth. The inborn
full and unconditional dedication to truth, which is the basis for all true science, for scientific curiosity and for justice and law.
Nowhere more clear than in the person with Asperger who can not lie, that ethical values come from within, and are not learnt from
educators or influenced by social environment. - Paul Coojiman.

Conveying only 3-parts of a jigsaw is completely intolerable to them, details only exist as all or nothing
A translator, is NOT adequate adjustment. Answering (what typical people may think of as a straight
forward question) can often actually be overbearingly the hardest thing for all, to bare.
 Misdiagnosing Narcissism: Asperger's Disorder
An extract from the book

Malignant Self Love; Narcissism revisted

By: Dr. Sam Vaknin

(The use of gender pronouns in this article reflects the clinical facts: most narcissists and most Asperger's
patients are male.)

Asperger's Disorder is often misdiagnosed as Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), though evident as early as age 3 (while
pathological narcissism cannot be safely diagnosed prior to early adolescence).

In both cases, the patient is self-centered and engrossed in a narrow range of interests and activities. Social and occupational
interactions are severely hampered and conversational skills (the give and take of verbal intercourse) are primitive. The Asperger's
patient body language - eye to eye gaze, body posture, facial expressions - is constricted and artificial, akin to the narcissist's.
Nonverbal cues are virtually absent and their interpretation in others lacking.

Yet, the gulf between Asperger's and pathological narcissism is vast.

The narcissist switches between social agility and social impairment voluntarily. His social dysfunctioning is the outcome of
conscious haughtiness and the reluctance to invest scarce mental energy in cultivating relationships with inferior and unworthy others.
When confronted with potential Sources of Narcissistic Supply, however, the narcissist easily regains his social skills, his charm, and
his gregariousness.

Many narcissists reach the highest rungs of their community, church, firm, or voluntary organization. Most of the time, they function
flawlessly - though the inevitable blowups and the grating extortion of Narcissistic Supply usually put an end to the narcissist's career
and social liaisons.

The Asperger's patient often wants to be accepted socially, to have friends, to marry, to be sexually active, and to sire offspring. He
just doesn't have a clue how to go about it. His affect is limited. His initiative - for instance, to share his experiences with nearest and
dearest or to engage in foreplay - is thwarted. His ability to divulge his emotions stilted. He is incapable or reciprocating and is largely
unaware of the wishes, needs, and feelings of his interlocutors or counterparties.

Inevitably, Asperger's patients are perceived by others to be cold, eccentric, insensitive, indifferent, repulsive, exploitative or
emotionally-absent. To avoid the pain of rejection, they confine themselves to solitary activities - but, unlike the schizoid, not by
choice. They limit their world to a single topic, hobby, or person and dive in with the greatest, all-consuming intensity, excluding all
other matters and everyone else. It is a form of hurt-control and pain regulation.

Thus, while the narcissist avoids pain by excluding, devaluing, and discarding others - the Asperger's patient achieves the same result
by withdrawing and by passionately incorporating in his universe only one or two people and one or two subjects of interest. Both
narcissists and Asperger's patients are prone to react with depression to perceived slights and injuries - but Asperger's patients are far
more at risk of self-harm and suicide.

The use of language is another differentiating factor.

The narcissist is a skilled communicator. He uses language as an instrument to obtain Narcissistic Supply or as a weapon to obliterate
his "enemies" and discarded sources with. Cerebral narcissists derive Narcissistic Supply from the consummate use they make of their
innate verbosity.

Not so the Asperger's patient. He is equally verbose at times (and taciturn on other occasions) but his topics are few and, thus,
tediously repetitive. He is unlikely to obey conversational rules and etiquette (for instance, to let others speak in turn). Nor is the
Asperger's patient able to decipher nonverbal cues and gestures or to monitor his own misbehavior on such occasions. Narcissists are
similarly inconsiderate - but only towards those who cannot possibly serve as Sources of Narcissistic Supply.