Aspies tend to love fried chicken

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What I dislike is really when people think that knowing one thing about me means they know everything about me - and often people use words to indicate that. I think that "aspie" ends up not working for me because of those prejudices (although not always linked to "aspie," but often linked to people diagnosed with AS) in several ways - like I see people here make statements that "if you're diagnosed with AS you should be capable of X, Y, and Z." which tells me that I am either misdiagnosed or they are making sweeping statements based on a source that fails to take the full diversity of people who have been labeled with that diagnosis into account. But I also see other sweeping statements - like the person who posted about someone telling him that people diagnosed with "high-functioning autism" are really social failures.

First I would like to say that I truly appreciate the fact that you understand where I am coming from. I now know (self diagnosed) have been living with high functioning autism and that is why I have been so depressed and suicidal. I've been trying to be NT all my life and I haven't been reading books and forming my own opinions like I should have. But I was never blissfully ignorant. I have been trying to be NT and I set myself up for social failure. That does not work for me because I cannot express myself well. I have just been highly opinionated without having facts to support my opinions.
I read some diagnostics that say people with autism are smart. But that seems silly to me now because I know I am not smart because I haven't made an attempt to be so. I always knew this but tried so hard to be act like an NT- trying to live in my own delusion. I'm very high functioning autism and I have terrible habits. I over thought every situation and usually made bad decisions due to my goal of being ''normal''.
I believe the strongest indicator of autism is difference in cognitive thinking. The way one reacts to that thinking is subject to major differences in each and every individual who thinks this way

why do we call each other aspies the way black people call each other niggas? if an NT called you an aspie wouldn't you be offended?

I've never revealed that I have AS so it's not a problem. If I did reveal it then I could expected to be called an aspie since it is an abbreviation for someone having AS.

BTW I like fried chicken.

What normal person doesn't?

I`m white and I LOVE fried chicken!! And no it wouldn`t offend me if a NT called me "Aspie" I take that as a compliment!

I clicked on this thread expecting to see either a poll on who likes KFC or a link to some crackpot statistic that says Aspies like KFC. NEVER in at least a couple quadrillion years did I expect something as mind boggling as what I saw when this loaded.

OMG *HEAD SUPERNOVAS AND CREATES RIP IN SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM*

Now, since I have obligated myself to respond meaningfully by posting a reply...
I would not be offended. I actually like the term Aspie, if only because it unifies us with a common bond, and shows us that we are not alone in this world.

Aaaaand it's a lot shorter than: "I am a person with Asperger's Syndrome, Which happens to have no nickname"... See what I mean?

Aspies are just cool like that

this thread is the funniest thing I've seen all day...
does that make me racist?


oh and by the way, I find fried chicken to be greasy disgusting garbage.
I'd rather bake chicken, or sautee it with vegetables and serve it with rice.
yum

haha this thread exceeded my expectations
i just hope the term aspie never becomes derogatory
and i realized chances are it wont, because of the reasons a poster before mentioned about it's origins

also, we dont use the word aloud in public like the word n***a is used

although the possibility of the term becoming derogatory exists. After much thought I've concluded it is very unlikely.

No

"Aspies tend to love fried chicken."

My Father loves it. I avoid it.

I like to wear a t-shirt that says "Aspie" on the front.

I guess that proves that I am not offended to be called an Aspie.

I'm a vegetarian

I don't mind the term Aspie so much. It sounds fairly friendly and better than so many terms. I'd rather be called an Aspie than an "AS sufferer" or "Assburger" You said the term Aspie can be compared to derogatory terms, but I don't really think that it's a derogatory term personally. It's more like the term "coloured" in the situation you were using as an example.

Overall I'd rather be called by my name

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, though, I guess, so welcome to WP.

I was going to say that I like fried chicken, although I can't eat too much of it because it's greasy, which upsets my stomach.

But, on the topic of the term "aspie" being used in a derogatory way, I don't see that happening. If I'm not mistaken, didn't the word originate as a positive way of looking at it? I mean, this is the way I look at it:

Aspergers syndrome is a mental disorder. It's a disability. Nobody wants to have AS.

While "aspie" means a person with aspergers syndrome, "aspie" doesn't necessarily seem as derogatory. It's more of an affectionate term. An aspie isn't a person with a disability, but just a different wiring of the brain.

In other words, if someone were to call me an AS sufferer, I'd be offended that they think that there's something wrong with me. If someone were to call me an aspie, well, I sure am. And you know what, many of the most intelligent people in the history of mankind were also aspies. I'm not a neurotypical. I know that, it's fairly obvious, and I wouldn't want to be one if given the opportunity.

Oh, and just for proof that I'm not making any of this up:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aspie

I hate having AS with a passion (as some of you know) but I still don't care if I get called Aspie.

I would not take offense if a NT used the term aspie.

And I do love fried chicken!!

I would not be offended if someone called me an aspie.

And I do not like fried chicken. I must be the only one who grew up south of the Mason-Dixon line not to like fried chicken. I do like chicked-fried chicken though, no bones!

I'm a vegan.