Very often you can see that someone may have autism due to what their face looks like. Some people just see to look autistic. Aspergers syndrome is not to different. Aspergers is listed as a developmental disorder which can cause unusual behavior in certain people.

Today writing this I’m 16 years old but I got diagnosed to have AS at age 15. Which can be quite unusual as most people are diagnosed when they’re very young. It was quite a shock to me that for the past 14 years (got into a diagnostic program at that age) I had been living with a disorder which no one really seemed to notice. The main thing was that not many people had really known of the disorder until around a few years ago when the UK government decided to organise more programs for people with this problem. Another factor is that my whole family might have the same disorder. Though only once of my younger brothers have had an official diagnosis. Later I’d like ot share how I eventually got diagnosed but first…. what problems do people with Aspergers have themselves. (I shall really be doing it on my own point of view)

Social:

*I have very few friends. Many people say I’m a very nice, charming lad (according to my mum) so trying to make new friends shouldn’t be a problem. The main problem with me is that I act very childish for my age. I have a few Friends which are my age and share interests with them, + 1 who also has Aspergers syndrome who are all 16 years old. But most of my friends come to the age of around 9 – 13 which is fairly typical to an AS person. In total I have around 6 people who I’d call my friends.

*They all have different needs. Many people with AS like to be only in certain areas. For example I’ll take my brother and compare him to me. My brother who is diagnosed with AS. He is a very homely boy, doesn’t really like going out but rather stay at home, being able to do his own thing. Now me. I do not like going out with my parents much, they seem to go to castle or walks but I like to do my own thing but to go outside. This can have an impact on being social on people as if you are my brother, not going out so much will limit him to how many firends he can make.