methodic wrote:
I was diagnosed with aspergers when I was 13. Before then I was in and out of multiple psychiatric institutions not knowing what was wrong with me. I grew overtime to hate every single other autistic individual I met. You may disregard me as a troll but I have a legitimate reasoning. No other community formed around a mental illness is as boisterous as the autism community.
There are multiple forums dedicated to social anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc... however, none glorify their own illness but instead treat it as something to overcome. I've been told by counselors to explain that I have autism before I meet people, or to embrace my aspergers as a part of who I am instead of as an illness. You, the autistic community, are tolerated solely because society can support you. Inclusion has become a concern to multiple people as well as private and public entities to save face. Autistics as well as anyone else labelled as a victim by society is included in an effort to broaden inclusiveness. Because of this, autistic people are encouraged to expect society to conform to them instead of they themselves conforming to society. However, autism isn't a different way of thinking, it is an illness.
You all depend on neurotypicals in some whether you like it or not. If society were comprised of a majority autistics, it would lead to ruination. Most autistics embrace their symptoms and their quirks and expect others to deal with them or help accommodate them. f**k that, and if it applies to you, f**k you. You are the problem and the reason I can't be taken seriously for admitting my disability. And to anyone who is self diagnosed but barely has any real autistic traits and are instead using the label for sympathy or attention, you are why people doubt autism is a legitimate illness. For years I dealt with my symptoms and struggled to become an independent adult. I only managed to do so out of grueling hard work for years on end. People with high functioning autism don't need coddling, they need to suffer until they appreciate independence and being able to train yourself to maintain a neurotypical appearance. Your eccentricity isn't a positive thing, it's obnoxious and you are a leach unless you figure out how to provide for yourself like everyone else. I hope you all rot. This is my first and last post here.
I kinda get this in some regard, although I've only skimmed through it.
I have Asperger's, or ASD1. I have explained to a few NT's that this is who I am, and to please forgive me if I say or do certain behaviors that are inappropriate or immature.
I've been on my own for the first time in my life this past year, and it has been tough. I also feel very foolish for admitting that I have this disorder, because if anything I've become a target for others to take advantage of me or others to say I am in denial of myself despite having documentation saying I am this.
It's difficult to live with a newfound truth, yet so much stuff has happened gaining me experience in fields that I didn't think would improve over time. Living my entire life through that of an NT's perspective wondering why everything was so different, and so far the only normalcy to me is that I felt I just didn't grow up yet.
Reading OP's post I can identify with his argument, Sans the toxicity since that is not who I am. I'm a very open minded, self articulate, level headed, intelligent and humble person. And I enjoy knowing that this is the type of life that I lead. Having this "disorder", if anything, has only catalysted me into possibly portraying myself to be more abstract and mysterious.
Some people like that, others don't. But I feel I have found a special kind of nirvana within myself knowing I've lived as an NT, and having some traits of the spectrum that has opened mental barriers that'd probably be nonexistent had I just been purely neurotypical. So down to my conclusion, I've no interest in sharing to others that I have "so & so", because I refused to be placed in a stereotype for whatever reason, blah blah. However, if it's due to my autistic characteristics that I am a little eccentric, then that's fine. But I'll leave that to the beholder to try and figure me out.
Honestly though, I don't really care to embrace this part of my life. Or to quote OP, "to Glorify!". f**k that. I do just fine on my own, and I don't need such a label to express who I am. I am an individual, and that's all that matters.
Perhaps this is why I keep to myself and avoid a lot of things that other autistic people go through. Averting potential nuclear disaster where I am placed in an undesirable or uncomfortable environment is just begging me to say that I have so and so.
And I'd hate for more than anything to see that someone would assume I'd use my illness as a crutch.
28 Dec 2015, 2:38 am
I love everyone here, and I'm so glad that I found this forum! Here's a kitty to cheer you up: 
