All you fags diagnosed with "Asperger's" (56k lol)

[DuFresne]

The lines between the two aren't clearly defined. The main characterizing symptoms of Asperger's are social awkwardness and VERY narrow interests (to the point of obsession), without other symtoms of autism being present (I think), so he looks like an ass pie to me.

[Emu]

The line between Asperger's and Autism is basically that Asperger's, from a standpoint of general skills and survival, is not necessarily debilitating. Chris here could still hold a job, cook his own food and probably live on his own if he had to. Autism on the other hand encompasses a few factors of complete social withdrawl - inability to speak, blindness, and the inability of some motor functions to work.

[Schimid]

I've got someone in my family that has Aspergers. While it's not as crippling as Autism, it definitely has some negative effects on the person's ability to reason and socialize. I doubt that this is true for all Aspergers, but my experience is that the person craves constant attention and is extremely selfish, generally unresponsive to the wants and needs of other people. Whether it's that they don't understand these desires or if they just don't acknowledge them, I don't know.