galatea wrote:
everyone could choose to if they wanted to place themself in a faction
you could have factions like
disabled and proud of it aspies
disabled and ashamed of it aspies
moderately affected and successful aspies
people would only go in them if they wanted and anyone could create their own faction it would be a way for people to define themselves beyond being an aspie or a person with an asd and a way to give them a more defined identity
I'm not sure where I'd be.
On one hand I might be in the
moderately affected and successful aspies faction, given some parts of my life.
On the other hand, I might be in the
disabled and ashamed of it aspies faction, given that most times I wish I was dead, and I'm sick and tired of engineering solutions to social situations every f*ing day, and I jump every time I hear a harsh noise, and I hate being around people, and I cringe every time someone misuses a word even just a little bit.
On yet another hand, I shouldn't even be here. Maybe that would be the
aspies who don't belong in this place faction. You see, I'm on the
wrong WrongPlanet. I'm a guy on the outside, a girl on the inside. Yes, I'm One Of Those People. I wear girl clothes sometimes. I should have been born a girl. I should have also not been born with Asperger's.
Categorize and isolate enough, and you'll get communities of one. You really want that?