What would you Rename Asperger's?

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I love this! It says alot about the generalities of the condition, while putting it into social context!

Why rename it? There will still be a social stigma attached to it, no matter what you call it. No...wait a minute..."Socially handi-capable"! Even better: "Dorky-licious"!

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I AM DORKY-LICIOUS!

Lesion Air Disease

High Functioning Autism generally, but Autistic Psychopathy when you want people never to come near you again. I like the \"Genetic Blue Print for Nerds\", but I\'m not one [i dont think]. BTW JWRed, you're onna downer, stick around here long enough and you\'ll learn to love yourself.

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Seconded.

Having classic autism doesn't mean not communicating,am use makaton signing,a SONY clie PDA-or the laptop to back up, or replace speech [when non verbal],talking does not need to be verbal to be considered communication-the profoundly lf auties am know use makaton to speak.
Not all Auties have problems with the verbal side,and not all aspies are free from verbal problems either.
There are many aspies out there who are a lot more autistic than what is usually described as aspergers on here, as most members don't live in residential,institution or group homes to see them.
Some aspies are definitely autistic,but not all are,and it is not an exclusive kind of social dyslexia as threads on here and other forums have shown not all aspies are affected in the same way as others.

It would be better if specific labels were gotten rid of,and just have it all as ASD.
Any name change to something completely new would result in starting at the beginning of ignorance and prejudice.

I would rename Asperger's "a difference of wiring" just so people sound even stupider when they call it a disease.

"You see, my son has a disease. He's suffering from a difference of wiring"

It is a disorder. How can anyone say otherwise? We are socially dysfunctional.

I have no doubt that Asperger's is real and is more than just minor, but it's not a disease or some s**t that makes us lower than anyone else. Just a difference in wiring which makes it harder for us to adapt to this world since this world is adapted to the majority.

High Intelligence Social Incompatibility Disorder or HISID for short.

You guys even know what social communication is? ( I say I am glad I suck at it just because I don't want to lie or use manipulation just to talk... Instead of getting to the point )

The interrelationship of these is what ultimately defines social communication performance. Social communication behaviors sit at the top of the model, illustrating the execution of communication behaviors in social, interactive contexts. These are the behaviors that are easily observed and often reported as problematic by caregivers and teachers, for example, pushing or yelling to resolve a conflict.

Below social communication behaviors are social-cognitive abilities and language abilities. They are viewed as the skills or abilities that are necessary for a child to be able to execute the social communication behaviors. They are illustrated on the same level, because they are viewed as separate components that come together equally to support social communication behaviors.

Finally, at the bottom of the model lie processing abilities, particularly for our interests, executive functions. These are the necessary underlying processing operations that enable a child to utilize and manipulate his/her existing knowledge, along with organizing, managing and implementing incoming information.

http://depts.washington.edu/soccomm/model.html

Missed a part out, & from what I hear Extraverts suck at lie detection.......

Click the diagram boxes for examples of that component

I like this one...

It's a pity that some mad mac-wired person (Bill Gates is an aspie) masquerading as an NT (he works for windows) isn't completely destroying the condition that the NT's have and driving everyone to consider being an aspie.

- of course, to be fair it's not Bill Gates destroying windows, it's probably Steve Ballmer or even Ray Ozzie.

I would name it the Slightly Off Syndrome, or SOS for short (a huge debate would ensue over whether the abbreviation should be pronounced "ess oh ess" or "sauce")

When I was very young, I was diagnosed, by everyone around me, with introversion. It was an open-and-shut case.

My father, who is likely to be an aspie also, exhibits his as nerdism.

Are all Aspies introverted though. Some are just not capable of appropiate social interation, but that doesn't mean they like to keep to themselves.

Best,

Idaho Aspie

Hmmm....this gives me a rather demented idea. Perhaps, noting that Windows and Microsoft pretty much own the tech world, if this could be the beginning of our Aspie quest to rule the world. That really puts things into perspective, doesn't it?