Aspies against being called ret*d...

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Whos sick of being branded as ret*d just because they have autisim????

express yourself...

Last edited by Relicanth7 on 01 May 2008, 1:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Well, I am pretty much socially ret*d, but that's pretty much it. :D and I'm working on it.

its just that people need to realize that we arent usualy... normal by standards so...

well...

They need to change their outlook about us...

Mabye then we will get some respect!! ! : )

Was the mis-spelling of 'against' in the title supposed to be ironic? :p

I once beat up the "toughest kid in school" in my freshman year for calling me ret*d... He never did it again.

yes the misspelling was a intentional flaw...

i will fix it though...

Did you know that most misspellings occur while home alone?



sorry I'm being a butt

anyway I don't really like the word and don't like anyone calling me that I'm not mentally ret*d I'm awkward and different at worst.

I'm not Mentally ret*d either, and I wish that people would stop abusing the word, ret*d.

Actually I think the diagnoses criteria for Asperger's Syndrome at least indirectly states we can't be mentally ret*d. While a ret*d aspie might be theoretically possible, it's also indistinguishable from LFA (which ironically might be independent from true mental retardation anyways).

ME!! !! !! !! !
I CAN'T STAND THAT WORD!! !! I get sick of people using it in casual banter, because I was severely Autistic, and what people would call ret*d. It's insulting to use it in any case, let alone when the person is not even CLOSE to being ret*d!

I was never called ret*d myself but I hate the way most people use it. They use it completely out of context and label anyone that can't function on their social level as such.

they throw the word around so much they lose the real meaning of it...

and im not refering to the real meaning, they (people) just brand anybody whos not "normal" ret*d...



becuase they are not use to our awsomness!! !

I was called retarted all the time in middle and high school, it pissed me off so much! My IQ is above average too!
I'll admit, I space out sometimes, but I'm smart. Just remember that you're smart and don't let it bother you if that happens.

what is your IQ???

srry that i asked...

*laughs* I'd better not tell you mine then. It's fairly scary :D

hmm...

re*tard*ed adj. less advanced in mental, physical, or social development than is usual for one's age.

well, I think that the social and physical certainly apply to me, so that doesn't offend me. as for mental, well....... no one would call my mind ret*d xD

i tell people i am ret*d all the time.

"oh, i'm just ret*d and crazy... it's ENDEARING, ok!"

i prefer to be affectionately called a ret*d, rather than venomously called something more innocuous. and it is a FAR superior label than "average" and "mediocre," which is all NORMAL means anyway.

embrace your inner ret*d!