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23rd October 2000
The Cambridge Lifespan Asperger's Syndrome Service, or CLASS, has opened a drop-in centre for students at: If you think you might have AS, want to meet people with AS, or want to find out more about it, please visit the centre. They meet once monthly at the Craik Marshall Building, Downing Site, University of Cambridge, UK. Meetings run from 1.00pm to 2.00pm.

If the following statements apply to you, then you might have AS:

  • I find social situations confusing
  • I find it hard to make small talk
  • I did not enjoy imaginative story-writing at school
  • I am good at picking up details and facts
  • I find it hard to work out what other people are thinking and feeling
  • I can focus on certain things for very long periods
  • People often say I was rude even when this was unintentional
  • I have unusually strong, narrow interests
  • I do certain things in a very inflexible, repetitive way
  • I have always had difficulty making friends

What is Asperger's Syndrome?

    "People with Asperger's syndrome perceive the world differently from everyone else. They find the rest of us strange and baffling. Why don't we say what we mean? Why do we say so many things we don't mean? Why do we so often make trivial remarks that mean nothing at all? Why do we get bored and impatient when someone with Asperger's syndrome tells us hundreds of fascinating facts about time-tables, the individual numbers carved on lamp posts in the United Kingdom, the different varieties of carrots or the movements of the planets?

    Why do we tolerate such a confusion of sensations of light, sound, smell, touch and taste without getting to screaming pitch? Why do we care about social hierarchies -- why not just treat everyone the same way? Why do we have such complicated emotional relationships? Why do we send and receive so many signals to each other and how do we make sense of them? Above all, why are we so illogical compared to people with Asperger's syndrome?"
    Lorna Wing (preface to Tony Attwood's book Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals)

Click here to find out more about Asperger's Syndrome. 

Click here for two alternative descriptions of Asperger's Syndrome (external link).


About This Website

This website was set up in advance of the prospective launch of AS/CAM as an unofficial Cambridge University society. Unfortunately the launch has been cancelled due to lack of interest, and so we are not providing full member services such as running support groups.

AS/CAM is happy to answer questions about Asperger's Syndrome, but if you are looking for a local support group then this list is all we have at the moment.

 
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