My Inner Life with Asperger's | Alix Generous | TED Talks

Sometimes I wish I was around other people with Aspergers because they feel more authentic than neuro-typicals.

Half TED talk, half stand-up bit. Both were pretty good.

when she said her personality switched from shy and awkward to defiant and cursing out a storm... that is me. i cant go anywhere.

I love it that the speaker is female. It's not often that females get diagnosed with AS because our symptoms appear invisible to others. Kudos to Alix for speaking here. As a fellow Aspergirl, this TED Talk has made me very happy.

I am a woman with Aspergers Syndrome and I have a lot of anxiety as well. A doctor once told me that Aspergers and anxiety walk hand in hand. I found out I had Aspergers when I was 21 years old, I found out I had Aspergers my whole life and was undiagnosed. Women can have different symptoms of Aspergers than men. I find that I am very emotional and cry a lot, I am very sensitive to loud noises and get overwhelmed easily. I have cried at almost every movie I have been too. I have health anxiety and think I am sick when I'm not. I also get very lonely and like Alix find it hard to make friends and keep a job let alone be interviewed by a boss. People with Asperger's are just waiting for others to enter our world.

I showed this video to my sister who has Aspergers and she started crying.

She's really funny! I loved her talk! And she can show Asperger's isn't some weird disease, it's just another way to interact with the world. Love her!

I have asperger and it's pretty easy for me to talk in front of a crowd, it's really having a basic conversation that is a struggle.

I'm fine with having Asperger syndrome simply due to the fact that it's enabled me to be highly intelligent throughout the years. Social cues may be slippery but I don't mind it.

Finally! A woman who speaks with aspergers other than Temple Grandin. I wish we had more representation from a female perspective. I really relate to this so well.

I love her deadpan style.

Huge thumbs up from a fellow aspie.

I love this. Both my sons have ASD. The eldest has Asperger's. He is one of the most creative, loving child I've ever seen. This gives me a bit of insight what he can achieve, despite his difficulties. Thank you for this video.

I was diagnosed with ASD today. I needed this. <3

This was a great talk. My boyfriend has Aspergers, and although I'm 'neuro typical', I learn more everyday that will help me to be supportive of him. I love him with all my heart, ASD and all.

How was she able to get in front of a crowd and not stutter? She must have had years of practice. This has been a very great speech and she clearly explains the struggle, but is accepting of the situation.

I'm a teenager with Aspergers, and this video makes me feel a lot better about my situation. It seems like no one else around me understands or is going through something similar. I've never had anything to relate to until now.

I wasn't diagnosed til I was 17 with Asperger's syndrome.i kept being misdiagnosed.i also have other issues like depression that make dealing with everyday life more difficult but I'm slowly learning how to cope.Thank you for this speech was very informational.

I have high functioning autism myself, made it through medical school, and then had a career in medicine that pretty muchcleaned flamed out due to other physical problems. And in part due to my inability to pick up on the very subtle social nuances of dealing with sick/injured people . I wish I had people around me recognize my condition earlier in life and guide me towards things that I enjoy doing like physics and engineering. Thank you for giving this talk. It was very difficult for me to give talks, but even with high functioning autism… The more you do it, the easier it gets. but it takes a lot more practice. Keep doing what you're doing, the entire autism spectrum disorder community is supportive of you.

So liberating to hear someone talk about lucid dreaming the way she does. I had my first lucid dream at 8 or 9 and I NEVER forgot it. I pursued it for 20 years until I finally had a breakthrough by overcoming my fear of sleep paralysis and go through that to lucid dreams. I have found my world and I have found a treasure that most people dont even know about. Whats so weird is that I can go to sleep and lay in bed and shake from worry about daily life, what I am, what I am not, what I did do, what I didn't do. I m living in a nightmare during waking hours. But in my lucid dreams I am trouble free. I am myself without trauma and mental illness and whatever else I am, both me, my mom and my doctor has suspected aspergers but when I was sent for evaluation at the mental health clinic in my area, I was shut down because I had been an inpatient there before and they observed "exeptional social skills" I feel like I am skilled socially because I use my brain instead of my heart, and I don¨t know whats going on, but I have been called too weird all my life and I know by myself thaat something is wrong with me. but I have don't have that missing piece of the puzzle - I might use more thinking time to process a situation where someone is emotional and needs support; but i AM very good at reading between the lines and giving advice and support. I feel like I am floating in space with no grounding anywhere, and it hurts.