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First I had ADD.

Then I had Tourette's Syndrome.

Then Asperger's, a disorder in the Autism family...

But all it means to me is that I have mental and psychological impairments. That I am mentally lacking in areas most other people are not.

I despise being that way so much... I am so willing to do anything to be rid of my "specialness" that I would willingly part with any positive side effects brought by whatever it is I have. I want to be a "normal" person THAT badly, that I would lose whatever mental boosts I got in some areas as a result of lacking some mental function in other areas.

I even care for those who have not yet and will never be born, I would never wish whatever it is I have on others and do not wish to reproduce. Oh how I wish I could afford a preemptive vasectomy.

My parents didn't have what I have very bad, somewhat mild actually. But I got it from both of them.

I have a selective attention span, like a little kid's. If something does not interest me, I can't focus on it very well if at all. No matter how important it is. It has to have some personal importance or relevance to my interests. In which case I put out an obsessive amount of attention towards whatever it is.

You do get to learn languages easier.

No, only extreme cases get involuntary profanity and I was fortunate not to get involuntary twitching. What I did get that made doctors think I might have ADD, then Tourette's, then Asperger's, is slowed mental development, a selective attention span, small amounts of OCD behavior (which is kind of a plus, people like that tend to notice what others do not), and unusual learning habits (also not necessarily a bad thing as I might learn in ways others cannot). I've had those my entire life, but they keep changing how they manifest themselves resulting in a changing diagnosis.

But I would gladly throw away the obsessive attention to detail and unusual learning habits to be rid of the problems that come with what I described. :/

The problem isn't that my attention span itself is limited, per se.... I can multitask, but if I have no interest in things, like I said I can't focus on them well if at all despite that multitasking ability.

Slow mental development in this case refers to a person's ability to be aware of the needs and feelings of others, as well as being able to function like someone your age. I was always behind other people in that regard.

OCD didn't always help me. In the past I would insist on wearing a warm jacket or vest well into the summer just because I had gotten used to wearing it during the fall and winter, I couldn't eat food that was touching other food, I even had to watch a TV show or play a video game on two display screens just because I could feed the picture into two display screens.

I USED to have the food obsession, I don't anymore.

I liked smoothies, I could eat food with sauce, I actually liked cutting my meat and putting it on my potatoes, I could eat things mixed with rice, but I didn't care for the taste of casseroles. Casseroles were an acquired taste.

But other than that, if two very different foods touched, I would set aside the parts that touched and not eat them.

I looooove broccoli and cheese casserole. And squash casserole. And spaghetti casserole. Baked stuff just rocks.

What does Asperger's cause?
'Cause I remember hanging out with a young autistic child who wouldn't talk to anyone. He'd only repeat stuff from TV, which made me wonder what he'd say if he never watched TV. He'd wander around the house and throw a tantrum if ever whatever he was holding was taken from him.

Edit: Or do you not have it because it was just Tourette's mistaken for Asperger's?

Math, science, computerized stuff.

My husband has Aspergers and...he really doesnt care xd I think because he was diagnosed with it so long ago, he has learned to accept it, and is now managing it.

It can never be "cured" So managing is the best we can do.