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How do you usually refer to your ASD in conversation?
"asperger's" 25%  25%  [ 17 ]
"autism" 26%  26%  [ 18 ]
I use both about the same. 26%  26%  [ 18 ]
I'm not an aspie or don't want to answer, but want to see the results. 22%  22%  [ 15 ]
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ducksinarow
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02 Apr 2011, 4:39 pm

I usually use "Asperger's" because it's more accurate, but sometime do refer to myself as "autistic".



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02 Apr 2011, 5:09 pm

I use both the terms Asperger's and autism about equally when I refer to myself.


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02 Apr 2011, 5:52 pm

Millstone wrote:
protip: you don't need a 'results' option, there is already a results link.


I think the results link only work if you had voted.



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02 Apr 2011, 9:30 pm

I use both terms, but mostly I refer to myself as autistic.



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03 Apr 2011, 1:48 am

I think that my official diagnosis is just "autism spectrum disorder", but I fit the stereotype of Asperger's very well (at least externally). I usually prefer "autism" over "Asperger's", since I don't think that the distinction between "autism" and "Asperger's" is meaningful (that, and "autism" doesn't sound odd like "Asperger's").