People with AS who give Asperger's Syndrome a bad name...

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I personally think it's a bad idea to use a 'disorder' to explain away people's blatantly rude actions. That's the only time that I would consider a diagnosis 'making us look bad'. It's a rather difficult judgement to make, as well. And I'm ALSO tired of people being accused of making any condition, appearance, lifestyle, sexual preference or personality 'look' bad - I notice this problem with racial minorities and LGBT people as well, eg 'You give gay men a bad name' or 'you make black people look terrible' or 'you make Democrats look bad'.

Like they're so scared of being in their minority group that they have to invent a "mini social ladder" to reassure themselves that they're halfway normal.

And than there's the opposite side of the coin, where a modest Aspie starts a thread, talking about how great they are. I was guilty of that, I was wrong to do that, and I've move on from that, months ago.

i think with austim and asperger they put them together instead of looking at the whole person.
i know that my son is 7 and i dont hid it from the world i just let him tell people if he wants to and i do the explaining
and then you have the show like rain man and raido and they see just one side of austim not the whole thing

Most of the AS kids in my social skills therapy group acted like they were completely nuts.But then again,they were alot younger than me and had other problems other than AS.


-SpaceCase

I don't think Aspies diagnosing criminal masterminds as Aspies helps either. Like there was discussion several months ago that John Mark Karr might have had Asperger's. Indeed, he may have, but we shouldn't be in any hurry to diagnose infamous individuals such as him. Assertions like "Hitler sure sounds like an Aspie to me because of his fascination with Aryan history" or "Eric and Dylan Clebold were outcasts, therefore they must have been Aspies, because Aspies are outcasts" are not helpful for publicity.

I don't like people who give any condition that they have, a bad name.

Hello KusanagiShiro, I think you should create a new post about how you feel as this one is 6+ years old.

yes, an old post that is judgemental suddenly appearing in the top of the forum is discouraging to say the least. to suddenly see a thread where someone seems to think they are social elitist AS individuals causes me to question not only the o.p., but also the wisdom of associating with persons on a board that would allow it. When an individual has AS compounded with other issues and is labeled by him/herself or by NTs, they don’t "give AS a bad name", Those of us who reject them or try to distance ourselves from them by complaining about them instead of being a support are the ones who "give AS a bad name". I hope this thread is allowed to dissappear.