How comfortable are people with Asperger’s using smileys in tekst based communication?
Does it help them?
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I haven’t been officially diagnosed with Asperger’s - nevertheless, I show a lot of the signs - and I understand emoticons perfectly, and indeed I use them frequently. 
Outside smilies, I’ve seen a number of folks on the spectrum use certain typography to help convey messages better, for example the use of ~tildes~ to set off sarcastic material. As in “Yes, I’m ~so sure~ you just ~happened~ to be there.”
I believe that overuse / abuse of smilies indicates either Alzheimer’s Disease or utter, complete retardation. In my experience.
Joe
:eek:
Damn !
Beat me to it .:smack:
Sorry.:(:(
I know a guy who has asperger’s and in his texts he uses smiley’s a little too freely for my taste.
Don’t know what that means, and I wouldn’t necessarily put it down to his asperger’s, but I noticed this recently.