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dugmedic
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27 Dec 2006, 1:01 pm

I wonder,

How many of you consider being an aspie, a gift rather than a burden.

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alex
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27 Dec 2006, 1:03 pm

dugmedic wrote:

I wonder,

How many of you consider being an aspie, a gift rather than a burden.

Dugmedic

I consider it a part of who I am. Some aspects of the syndrome are gifts, while some aspects are burdens. However, overall, I like who I am, and taking away the aspie part would change who I am.

I hope this sort of answers your question.

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jimservo
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27 Dec 2006, 1:12 pm

alex wrote:

Some aspects of the syndrome are gifts, while some aspects are burdens. However, overall, I like who I am, and taking away the aspie part would change who I am.

I agree 100%

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27 Dec 2006, 1:28 pm

I agree with you Alex on this. I look at Aspie as who I am and I would not want it to be taken away from me.

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27 Dec 2006, 1:37 pm

I see it as a gift for me, but I could end up being a burden on other people.

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27 Dec 2006, 1:39 pm

I see it as neither. It's just part of who I am. Being cured now I know that I have it would be like flushing away a substantial part of who I am.

Aleksandros
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27 Dec 2006, 1:45 pm

My father always talks about getting "help" as if my aspergers is something to be cured.
Truth be told, I wouldn't trade it away for all the money in the world.

and I'm sure we can all agree on the fact that it makes us who we are.

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27 Dec 2006, 2:53 pm

alex wrote:

I consider it a part of who I am. Some aspects of the syndrome are gifts, while some aspects are burdens. However, overall, I like who I am, and taking away the aspie part would change who I am.

I like this, I agree with Alex on this one.

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