Sorry to ask but does anyone not like the terms NT's/Aspie?

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For people other than myself I describe there behavior as the "norm" (which I put in quotations.) for example the behavior "norm" in college IMO is stress and complaining while with my behavior I love learning and look at College with the excitment of going to a theme park. Also I'm picky about shorthand stuff no offense I don't care whether people use the term Aspie but I like long names DSMIV (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Illness volume 4) etc.

As I see it there is no "norm" as what one perceives this to be, some one else will perceive differently...

I do use
Aspie: person who is on the Autism Spectrum (some of us prefer not to say if we have high functioning, low functioning, Aspergers, autism...)

and

NT: Neuro typical - Just a way of indicating a person who is not on the Autism Spectrum, as there is no "normal" - we were all born as unique individuals.

But just as a way to explain things - but open to other suggestions!

I dislike the term because it implies that there are no normal people who are Aspie. That everything we say and do is our AS talking or doing it. No wonder my mother and other people treated me like a ret*d or like I'm all-around wierd or different. And people forget to treat us like humans because of it.

I'm sorry if I upset anyone. I never thought of the term "Norm" in that manner of course you are right no one is normal and we all have are falts. Once again I'm sorry if I upset anyone. (I'm obsessive over apologizing sometimes because I feel so bad that I upset someone.

i very much doubt that you have upset anyone

i don't mind how it's called.

We need to give things names to talk about them. Sometimes it's difficult to find neutral names, especially if the thing to be described is a difficult one.

Not being "normal" or being "typical" is ok with me, since there's nothing worse than being normal anyway.

I'd prefer Aspie, or almost anything else to the constant repetition of ASS-BURGERS.

Problem with NT is that it does not describe everyone who isn't AS. My wife is OCD and believe me, that is nowhere near NT.

LOL! Ass Burgers. Sorry that made me laugh. I agree with the aspect of being normal. I just hate that people expect certain behaviors in certain environments and it's all greek to me.

[quote="Willard"]I'd prefer Aspie, or almost anything else to the constant repetition of ASS-BURGERS.



Glad I am not the only one sick of hearing that...

"it is a word. What matters is the connection the word implies." -the Matrix

*nods*. Well, I don't really worry about what we're called, so long as it's not taken as derogatory. I actually like the term "marshmallow" for Neurotypicals, and "jellybeans" for people with Asperger's. :D I'd explain it to you, but I don't think I would do the story justice (A friend explained it to me).

Anything with Syndrome attached is misleading.

Katchewoufnehachenbach Syndrome, commonly called Left Handed.

NT is misleading. Neuro Typical does sound better than Meatball.

Open for suggestions.

While I agree with Pilotpirx, I also find labels often used annoying.

In my case it's the label ADD/HD.... Attention Deficit Disorder or Hyperactivity Disorder.

I disagree with the terms... Deficit and Disorder.

For AS, I disagree with the term... Syndrome.

We do need words to help describe what we want to convey about each other... I just wish we could do it better.