I don't have such a card, myself. But I'm an Aspie too.

I didn't even know you could be given a card here. I still don't really see the use of it.

FUCK YOU! WHY DO YOU GET A CARD! *is an ausie aspie and has no card and is super jealous. :C)

Lol. I dunno why I got one.

I didn't even ask for it.

Welcome to the group, but then again I have the autism card, well more like a few pages.

In Tassy we all get together in a few groups around the state.

I'm almost 30. I have been asked why it wasn't detected in school, a question I can't answer. I am glad to finally have an answer instead of continuing to wonder what my problem was.

I don't know why but it seems like everybody I bump into on the internet claims they have this, and I too was once believed I had it too (some friends suggested I did), until I took a look around at all the others who claimed they suffered from it and realized how socially active and differently they were compared to me. To this day I just claim I have a social problem... And after being hounded for claiming I had it during the furry war by the trolls, one tends to think the name has been abused by countless people. It's hard to tell who really has it, and who is faking it for some emo reason. :/

I can assure you I'm not faking it. If it was an option I'd rather not have it just so I could be normal. I spent a large part of my life wondering why everyone around me could handle social situations far better than I could and people not believing me when I told them "It's not as easy for me as "just ask" someone for a job" I felt different, I felt weird because of my interests. I assumed I was just shy with low self confidence and self esteem.

Then mom spotted an article in a magazine she reads that was about Aspergers and did a bit more research.

I don't understand why anyone would fake it, unless they are looking for an excuse to cover the fact that they are just an asshole.

I do agree though that some people do just call themselves it and abuse it.

It's like ADD and ADHD, I know quite a few people with it who genuinely have an attention problem, yet I see kids diagnosed with it who, I would say, were just brats used to getting their own way because their mother is too soft on them. I think people will always fake a condition just to either find an excuse, or to claim benefits (welfare) they don't really need.

My brother who is a year younger is diagnosed with both Aspergers and ADHD. It was tough living with him, and he still depends on my mother heavily. The point I'm getting at is i understand somewhat what you're going through.

I'm likely the same way, but haven't really been "officially" diagnosed…and hope never to be, to be honest. I don't like the idea of basically walking around with a big sign around my neck that says "MY BRAIN IS BROKEN; DON'T TRY TALKING TO ME"…or at least that's what it feels like to me. No offense intended, really, and I'm sorry if that came off badly… :/

…just thought I'd follow up by saying that my main reason for that POV is that I have a rather extreme cynicism towards the (American) mental health system. I dunno how it is in the UK, but I imagine my gripes are rather…government-neutral? I dunno… \_(O.o)_/

Gratz, yo.

I've been half-diagnosed. As in, I've had a diagnosis and I've been given the first draft of the diagnostic report early this year, but I haven't heard from them since. So, as far as the legal part/paperwork and whatnot goes, I'm kind of in limbo.

Apparently it can take up to 3 years to get this shit sorted.