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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
*Aspergers
I kept reading your post as "ass burgers"
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Originally Posted by jazing
My main concern was he has Asburgers, meaning he blurts of secrets without knowing.
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As others have said, that is not at all what Asperger's means. If anything, what it tends to mean is that he says things without understanding how others will hear or react to what he says -- which is more along the lines of the example you gave anyway.
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
It may be Asperger's that increases the likelihood of his doing that but I would not put that solely on Asperger's as though Asperger's causes it. There are different levels of Asperger's just as there are different levels of autism (which Asperger's is a form of). People, and especially adults, with Asperger's can be more functional which is how they are often able to live relatively "normal" lives with a few quirks here and there. Some people with Asperger's have no more quirks than those without Asperger's.
Many people with ADHD and Tourette Syndrome also blurt out things that they do not mean to say. From my experiences, there are cases where ADHD and tourettes can be more difficult to control than more mild forms of autism and Asperger's.
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Yes to all this. FWIW, my understanding is that when an Asperger's diagnosis is being made, Tourette Syndrome is one of the diagnoses that needs to be ruled out.
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