I am no longer, medically speaking, an aspie

[sakabatou]

I am a HFA: High functioning autism. However, I have the fear of passing this to any of my children.

[Odin2005]

1. There is no difference between Aspergers and "HFA" in adults.

The two terms are probably going to be merged together in the next revision of the diagnostic manual.

And you shouldn't be afraid, if autistic traits were not beneficial to humanity they would have need reduced to negligible levels by natural selection. Einstein, Wittgenstein, Dirac, and Jefferson were Aspies, the world would be a sucky place if there were no more of us.

[sakabatou]

2. I just don't want them to have the same social problems I do

[david13]

3. Maybe you have hit the nail on the head for me.

I guess this is my situation. Yeah, wonderful, but, what if I can't function in the world? What if my inability to maintain social relations and employment make it impossible for me to exist? I see the genetics of it also, my father, I still have no relationship with him, and cannot.
So what is the solution to the social problems for yourself? How do you function, what do you do?
dc

[sakabatou]

4. I function pretty well

But social interactions with people, especially new people, I don't like.

[david13]

5. You function, but how? I have ceased to function. If you function

pretty well, what is the social problem of it?
We all have fear or apprehension of new people, new situations, fear of strangers, all that. There is always an initial apprehension. And then a decision to continue or abort the interaction/relationship.
I think I know myself quite well, but maybe not.
dc

[sakabatou]

7. The social problem

Is that I don't like being with large groups of people. I hate being where there are loud noises. I hate being in classes where the students are loud and interrupt other students or the teacher. I like order and hate chaos.

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. I feel for your situation. I'm dual diagnosis and will never reproduce

as much as doing so would vex those who fear me ;)

Peace, and stay okay...

[sakabatou]

8. Wait, what?

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. I usually have that effect upon people.

;)

You wrote "I have the fear of passing this to any of my children."

I'm agreeing...sorry man, hope all is well.

[sakabatou]

12. Well, It'll be a while before I have children

But still, I don't want my children being neural diverse. I don't want them to go through the same stuff I did.

[hedgehog]

10. I've come to feel that I live in some kind of border region where

extreme intelligence can slip over easily into depression and/or autism. I just don't see things the way most people do. My kids are the same way. Don't worry though. They attended a small, semi-rural high school (800 to 1000 students) and found a peer group to hang with. They've had their friends over for New year's Eve the last few years. There might be 20 guests here, and they're all split into groups, several different groups chatting away, another group playing a video game. The kids move from group to group through the night, and there are always one or two kids sitting off in a corner reading a book off one of my shelves, taking a break until they're ready for more socializing.

[sakabatou]

11. That's kinda like the group I currently go to now

[elleng]

13. Sounds like a nice group,

one I'd like, too.

[david13]

14. Ah, the border region, the cusp between parallel universes? No,

there is no question that the line between genius and insanity is a very fine line. In loner's someone mentioned unibomber as a loner. But at one time only, prior thereto he was at Harvard, then Berkeley as a top student, then top professor. So, yes, it's a fine line. But it sounds like your kids live a rather 'normal' life, good for them.
dc