Are there any other people out there with neurologically based disabilities?

I have Aspeger's and ADD, also learning difficulties.

I don't know if anxiety counts or OCD.

AS makes me think different ("outside the box" they call it) and I see the world different, I learn different, I'm a literal concrete thinker, I do not pick up on non verbal cues well or body language or social cues. I tend to take things literal. Indirectness doesn't come natural to me or empathy.

I tend to be very blunt and I don't even know it. I'm honest to a fault. I also have difficulty with my own feelings and I don't even know how I feel until they get extreme. People are hard to understand and I have my obsessions and they are always in my head and I can't stop thinking about them.

My OCD comes along with my AS and I get distracted by my own thoughts and I try and think of other things to get my mind off it. I'm also shy and I have no idea what might offend so I don't say much until I feel comfortable and then I open up. Everyone says that's an AS issue.

I have gotten better with being flexible and dealing with change. I'm not so black and white like I used to be. In fact I despise black and white thinkers because they are narrow minded judgmental ignorant people and they don't respect your opinions and point of view and they never listen when you correct them. I'm gray now.

I still have tendency to get stuck in my routines and find it hard to get out of them. It's been more difficult because I am not working. It was easier to get out of them when I was working because I didn't have time to get deep into them and two days off wasn't long enough for me to get so far into it. I also watch my favorite movie everyday which is one of my obsessions. I'm able to do the same things over and over and not get tired of it, same as listening to the same soundtrack over and over.

I don't mind having AS, it's part of me.

Having anxiety leads me to meltdowns. It's co morbid to my AS. Being around people cause it, if I am not in control of my environment, I have it. Deadlines also cause it.

ADD, I sometimes question because I don't know if I am one of those kids in the 90's who never had it. I don't know if my short attention span is due to my AS or my stimming was mistaken for fidgeting or me getting distracted by sounds was due to sensory issues and they mistook that for attention problems. Hard to tell when you have both. I also have disorganized thoughts and I'm hyper. I was suspected of having ADHD but got labeled with ADD instead.

My learning difficulties falls along with my AS according to my mother. I learn differently because of my visual learning style and the work was abstract and I'm a concrete learner. I also can't listen for long periods of the time and I can't listen to the teacher talk when they explain class assignments. I prefer to be told directly than at. It works better that way. I also have difficulty keeping up in listening.

I have Asperger’s syndrome, dyspraxia, dyslexia and chronic pains.

To put it briefly...

- Asperger’s syndrome causes me difficulties with social interaction and communication, sensory issues and other problems. It also makes me see things from a different perspective (which can be either good or bad, depending on the situation) and helps me concentrate and learn certain things really fast.

- Dyspraxia causes me poor motor skills and poor balance, among many other things. It makes me excessively clumsy and I have a lot of small accidents because of it. I also do things that require motor skills a lot slower than other people and still struggle with them. Dyspraxia also causes me difficulties organizing my speech and difficulties distinguishing sounds from background noise.

- Dyslexia causes me difficulties with reading and writing. I read slowly and often skip over words or lines or misread them and I focus too much on details instead of the big picture. I make a lot of spelling mistakes when I write and even skip words or parts of them, so I have to read over everything I write a few times to correct my mistakes and look the correct spelling up in a dictionary or use a spell check.

- I have chronic pains all over my body and I’m pretty much always in pain. The pains are caused by fibromyalgia and badly healed injuries and I’m currently being assessed for Sjögren’s syndrome as well, which might contribute to the pains too. The pains limit my ability to stand/walk for long at a time or do other even just slightly physically demanding things and they cause me problems with sleep too.

Just the neurological disabilites (not including the other disabilities): I have mild spastic hemiplegia and paralysis (mild Cerebral Palsy), adhd, and mild epilepsy. The general things I experience are spastic and paralyized muscles, loose and dislocated joints, sprained/strained/torn muscles ligaments and tendons, double-jointed, pain/discomfort (lots of it), inability to focus or concentrate, chronic fatigue, arthritis, and seizures. I think that covers the majority of the physical and mental impact. As for the emotional part, extreme mood swings, bad temper, bi-polar, depression, possibly schizophrenic tendencies, loner mentality, avoidance issues, addictive personality, at-war-with-self mentality, at-war-with-world mentality. You get the idea, virtual roller coaster on a day to day basis. Then again, some of that emotional stuff has to do with other personal issues I'm dealing with, things like the vehicle theft, the bankruptcy, the three gun robberies, the knee dislocation (workers comp thing), and other past demons. As for the other disabilities, I also have low testosterone, and am infertile.

Add to all that, I have a gambaholic brother, a neurotic sister, and as for my parents, they've basically cut off complete contact from both sides of their family due to constant fighting and backstabbing. I have been through bankruptcy, vehicle repossesion, and a quicker than usual breakdown of physical function in my body. And guess what? I'm only 33 years old. According to most people I know, I seem to have lived a fairly colorful life compared to theirs and most other peoples lives. It seems to be just one big adventure after the next for me. I often wonder what my life looks like through other peoples eyes. I often wonder what it must be like to be them and to have their experiences in a world without limitations or barriers. I wonder what it must feel like to be at peace with yourself and the world.

I was born with Spina Bifida & Hydrocephulus, I have poor balance and suffer with pain when I am on my feet for even a short while. Sometimes when I am speaking I can't come up with the right words straightaway, which means I am quite shy especially around strangers.

I was born with CP. I experience difficulty with walking and talking. The type is some big long word I can't pronounce much less spell.

I have neuro problems, but I'm still waiting for the test results to be analyzed. The doctors said it was definitely neurological though.

I have memory problems and some motor impairment.

And wishnuwelltoo, I can sympathize with you. I used to be in a day treatment program and there was this one kid who had Asperger's. He would constantly verbally abuse the rest of us and put us down. The therapists would get angry with us if we excluded him or got angry at him because we "weren't trying to understand him." People should absolutely be held accountable for their words and actions no matter what their disorder is.

Multiple Sclerosis -- i have other ailments (Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sojrens, Degenerative Disc/Joint Disease, Asthma, Anxiety Disorder with Panic Attacks, Episodic Depression.. and a whole long list of other problems.... MS is the one that is purely neurological)

I have spina bifida, hydrocephalus, and arnold chiari. I am in a wheelchair and due massage therapy for my neck pain, hand spasms, and headaches due to the arnold chiari. I also have a VA shunt in my brain because of the hydro.

I have epilepsy and the things that I experience includes blacking out, loss of bowel control, vomiting, severe muscle spasms, breaking bones from the force of the fall, inability to breath on my own from choking, a loss of a heart beat, and according to my parents near death on several occasions.

Yes, I have Asperger Syndrome and Hydrocephalus....Plus some other issues as well.