Is "Aspie" a weird word for you?

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29 Jul 2013, 5:01 pm

KingdomOfRats wrote:

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diablo77 wrote:

The joke I HAVE heard a lot is "Ass Burger."

The definition of "Ass Burger" to me is completely ridiculous, like someone would lie or want the symptoms of aspergers.

Sorry for the tangent / going off topic, just had to say that

actualy, some people do lie about having autistic spectrum disorders,its gotten more common with internet access being cheaper and there being anonymity on the internet.sorry to waffle about this but people shoud be aware of who theyre around on the net. [etc]

That sounds pretty damn awful/scary.

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29 Jul 2013, 5:09 pm

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I'm curious now. If a diagnosis leaves the DSM,.. So. Are do tors not allowed to diagnose it? Are we not technically seen as seperate anymore?

Previous versions of the DSM, going back to the original in 1952, used categorical diagnoses. People were placed in specific categories. The DSM-5 has rebooted the entire process. Now, diagnoses are viewed in dimensions. ASD is only one example. The dimensional approach is used throughout the DSM-5.

Interestingly, Lorna Wing, who coined the term Asperger's syndrome, strongly supports the new ASD diagnosis.

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29 Jul 2013, 8:58 pm

nominalist wrote:

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Oh! What's it classified as now?

Just Autism spectrum disorder or ASD (levels 1, 2, and 3). The manual recommends that anyone with a previous diagnosis of Asperger's disorder, PDD-NOS, or Autistic disorder be given an ASD diagnosis.

So the DSM 5 already being used? Do Americans use the DSM or ICD?

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29 Jul 2013, 9:47 pm

Musicgirl wrote:

So the DSM 5 already being used? Do Americans use the DSM or ICD?

The DSM uses the same coding system as the ICD, but the DSM is much more common in the U.S. than the ICD.

Yes, the DSM-5 was released two months ago. The DSM-IV-TR is no longer being sold by the American Psychiatric Association. As I understand it, all DSM-IV-TR diagnoses need to be replaced by DSM-5 diagnoses by the end of the year.

The ICD-11 (now in beta) looks a lot like the DSM-5. (Asperger's, Autistic disorder, etc. are replaced by ASD.)

ICD-11 beta criteria

There is no "and related disorders" in the DSM-5.

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29 Jul 2013, 11:13 pm

nominalist wrote:

The ICD-11 (now in beta) looks a lot like the DSM-5. (Asperger's, Autistic disorder, etc. are replaced by ASD.)

ICD-11 beta criteria.

There's a typo on that page, so clearly they haven't asked anyone with the disorder to read it.

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30 Jul 2013, 2:27 am

Not at all a weird word to me.

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30 Jul 2013, 3:53 am

FMX wrote:

nominalist wrote:

The ICD-11 (now in beta) looks a lot like the DSM-5. (Asperger's, Autistic disorder, etc. are replaced by ASD.)

ICD-11 beta criteria.

There's a typo on that page, so clearly they haven't asked anyone with the disorder to read it.

xDD omg. Haha

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30 Jul 2013, 10:39 am

Yep. They spelled "of" as "pf." Maybe the writer meant pff!

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21 Mar 2014, 12:39 pm

Soccer22 wrote:

I don't mind the word. I prefer to say Aspie or Aspergers over AS because AS is more commonly referred to Ankylosing spondylitis in the medical field and I don't have Ankylosing spondylitis.

I am an Aspie with AS. So if it became common to refer to Aspergers as AS...then I would only have to tell people that I have AS...and then let them fill in the blanks.

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21 Mar 2014, 1:01 pm

Not half as wierd as "aspergers" itsself, or any of its other possible derivatives.

Not as wierd as "person with aspergers", and certainly not as wierd as "aspergian". YUCK!.

Its the least of the several possible evils.

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21 Mar 2014, 1:26 pm

As much as I don't like how the word sounds, ever since I've joined this site I've started using it in casual conversation here as it's simply a more convenient and faster way of saying "person with Aspergers". I don't use it in real llfe or on sites that don't have an aspie majority however, as it just sounds awkward, especially to non-aspies.

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21 Mar 2014, 2:32 pm

savvyidentity wrote:

I'm still not used to the way the word "Aspie" sounds as it does not roll off the tongue very easily and it just sounds very weird in my head.

Assuming it didn't already have a meaning and I didn't know the word if someone said the word "aspie" I would think they were talking about something to do with snakes or snake venom. Assuming someone used it in the right context I think I'd get it right away (which is actually what happened in a way), but otherwise I'd be thinking of snakes. It also sounds a bit "cutesy" to me. Despite that it's a likable enough word and I guess I'll get used to it but I'm just wondering if anyone else finds it to be a weird word or if maybe there is a word they like better.

The word "Aspie" has a very bitter taste* to me. I just use Autistic for myself. If I have to make a distinction, I usually say "person diagnosed with AS."

* I mean this literally. It is either an associative thing of a synesthesia thing, but lots of words are like this. Or maybe it what my thought of the word is, since I don't think in words. I don't know, but I hate the feel of saying the word.

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