Me n Granma Just Had A Debate Between AS & AS Syndrome

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GRR! Normies so f*****g piss me off they think they know so f*****g much but really don't have a f*****g clue about asperger's (take it from a person that lives with it day to day). & then she has a nerve to tell me s**t like i can't tell time & wait till i'm 30 to live on my own
f**k THAT! I swear sometimes she makes me feel like punching a hole in the wall people like that anger me so much from their ignorance. So to prove her wrong tell me the difference between asperger's & asperger's syndrome (which i think is so f*****g ret*d cuz there both the same damn thing)

Last edited by aspiebeauty87 on 05 Apr 2008, 5:03 am, edited 1 time in total.

I just realized i screwed up the headline from typing too fast oh well I can't fix it

I believe myself to have Aspergers - so do my parents, who came to me about it - and I'm living on my own quite happily at the age of 22. What your grandmother is going on about is pure stereotyping.

Asperger's and Asperger's Syndrome are one and the same - the latter has a fancy word put on the end to make it sound important. It's all in the name.

Sure you can. Just change the subject line in your first post. I changed the headline in a thread I'd started that way.

Maybe your granma's crazy or seen too much of Autism Speaks. I hate sterotypers. -Power Girl

Does your grandmother have Alzheimer's? I'd look into it. An inability to remember new information is a symptom. Start reading up on Alzheimer's for your grandmother's sake. Point out to her whenever she does something that seems related to her Alzhemiers. She may feel insulted but it's for her own good.

Wouldn't AS Syndrome mean Aspergers Syndrome Syndrome?

Elsewhere I commented that having "Aspergers" would mean some sort of skin disease, maybe, where small homunculi that looked like clones of Hans erupted from your dermis. ("Aspergers" is the plural.)

The diagnosed condition is "Asperger's syndrome" - it is a collection of symptoms (a syndrome) that was named after Hans Asperger, when his research was rediscovered rather later on. Hence the possessive apostrophe.

It is also accepted that both the apostrophe and the "s" may be dropped - simultaneously. Hence "Asperger syndrome".

In 1995 there seems to have been an attempt to replace the "syndrome" with "disorder". Personally, I think that's offensive. I'd accept "difference".

The term "Asperger's" is an abbreviation, which is acceptable, since Hans has not had any other conditions named after him.