Why is "Aspergers" gone?

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no-one ever said nor did i ever imply one category is more talented than the other ! !

i was hoping to write a brief rather than lengthier post and not endlessly qualifying my every statement or observation.

IT STILL EXISTS ALL RIGHT. there is Aspergers, high functioning autism, and low functioning autism. It totally exists.

Perhaps she was a bit more mature.

True. I just meant that his perception of his own name doesn't matter because he wasn't the one who named it after himself.



I don't know.

Lorna Wing defined Aspergers Syndrome. When she defined the syndrome it had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Assburgers because the name of the clinician she named the syndrome for is pronounced AAS-PER-GERS not ASS-BURGERS. There is no freaking B in the guys last name or in the name of the syndrome. NO B in the name NO f*****g B in the correct pronunciation of the name.

Assburgers is an incorrect pronunciation used by some Americans. It was popularized in 2011 when the popular American comedy show South Park ran an episode entitled Ass Burgers. Since the show ran it has become common when the topic of Aspergers Syndrome comes up for bully's to use the term ASS-BURGERS to invalidate the syndrome and people who have it or just to use the term because to their juvenile minds they think it is funny. Unfortunately many people with Aspergers have internalized this bullying. Hans Asperger at a time of Nazi eugenics stated that people with "a dash of Autism" could be valuable to society. Hans Asperger was the first Autism advocate and you want to get rid of the tribute to him because you don't like the incorrect pronunciation of his last name. Even if his real last was was Assburgers it would be wrong to get rid of the tribute.

This whole Assburgers meme make me furious and heartbroken at the same time. You are mistaken if you think getting rid of the term is going to protect you from bully's or will validate your struggles. The bullys will find a way to to make the word Autism into more of a negative. The people who think that your struggles are because of character flaws and not "real autism" will not only still feel that way but become even more convinced when they see Autistic people saying the same thing.

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Lorna Wing is British? I think they pronounce it differently than the Americans.

She is British

I am pretty sure this was part of a general statement to everybody, but because I'm quoted in what you're responding to, I'm just putting it out there that I don't think there's a problem with the name "Asperger". (I don't have any particular feelings about it, actually.)

You're right, people will find ways to make fun of you if they really want to -- if your name or the label of your condition doesn't work they will give you/your condition a cruel nickname, or just say mean things about you/your condition.

By the way, some English speakers pronounce Asperger's with the "gers" part of it pronounced "jers" (dunno how common it is or if it's another incorrect pronounciation, but I can't be the only one who says it that way?).

We also don't say "ass". We say "arse".

Same here in Australia - arse

When I was a kid, I saw a show on TV about asses in the desert that were living in the wild. The show was narrated by an American so I thought his pronunciation of asses was due to his accent and that being Australian, we should pronounce it our way, so I went out to the kitchen and told everyone (guests included) about all the 'wild arses' running around the desert. I wasn't very popular to say the least.

The comment was meant for Dreycrux and everybody else who is embarrassed by the name. Sorry I was angry at the time and not looking at the quotes close enough

The correct way to pronounce it is "gers", the way they say it in America but in Australia, New Zealand and other British Commonwealth countries (not sure about Canada) pronounce it "jers"

AAS-PER-GERS sounds like ass-purgers which is even worse then assburgers. Purging your ass? What was wrong with this sick woman?

I cringe when I say it either way it's pronounced. I'm glad they buried it.

AAS-PER-GERS sounds like ass-purgers which is even worse then assburgers. Purging your ass? What was wrong with this woman?

I cringe when I say it either way it's pronounced. I'm glad they buried it.

True! So much better and easier to tell people you're autistic.

Apart from Rainman do you actually know anybody diagnosed with autism? That belief has gone the way of the dinosaurs. About 1 in 3 people diagnosed with autism as children grow up to have similar outcomes to Aspies.