Does anyone else not like the term 'aspie'?

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Same. I don't like Aspergian because of every person I have know who calls themselves that were both sickos. Coincidence I know but it still makes me think of those two men, one of them is worse than the other. :shudders: At least John Robinson isn't a sicko and he calls himself that.

Rather call myself Whovian than Aspie. And I used to hate term Whovian.

It's not hard to say autistic so I go by that. I love three syllable words.

yes. because it does not have me, i have it

I don't mind it, but I've never been tested or diagnosed (no insurance or money), so i wouldn't feel right using it in regards to myself. Also, those who have been diagnosed may have issues with someone ike me who is not diagnosed using it to describe themselves, anyway.

I don't really mind it. It is quicker to say "I'm an aspie" than "I have Asperger's Syndrome" (and I do feel that, despite the fact that AS doesn't define me, it influences a large part of my personality). And I think the word "aspie" is kind of cute, and it is certainly better than "spaz" and "spac", which are some of the things I've been called in the past.

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I dislike "Asperger" and all the words derived from that name. I can live with them being applied to me, although I much prefer "autistic." I don't really see the point of the division, but perhaps it helped ensure many people who slipped under the radar before Asperger's Syndrome was formalized got the help we needed, eventually.

But when it comes to what I can relate to here or elsewhere, I don't see a difference between Asperger's and autism. There are many places to be on the spectrum, but many commonalities in those places.

I prefer "aspie" to having to clarify that I do not have "ass burgers"

I like "aspie".

I have no problem with the word aspie. I use it myself sometimes.

It's just more convenient sometimes to use the word aspie rather than the long version. If I'm explaining or discussing something long about Asperger's syndrome, I might say "people with Asperger's syndrome" a couple of times at first, but then switch to the short term, aspie, because saying "people with Asperger's syndrome" repeatedly just ends up sounding too pretentious, long and hard to take in. Aspie is a shorter and easier word to use. That's the main reason why I use it.

To me the word aspie also sounds more like a human variation rather than some defect or a problem that will send some NTs on a race to try to "fix" us or dehumanize us by treating us like a disorder rather than people. I don't deny that AS is a disorder, but I don't need to be treated like a disorder all the time. AS stays with us throughout our life and can't be "fixed" and we have our good and bad sides like NTs do, so in daily talk I'd rather think of it as a variation rather than some big ass disorder with a long, strange name that people make lame jokes about all the time (ass burgers, asparagus ).

There is also the option of "Ssucharewa's Syndrome" (perhaps even worse ...).

I've been adjusting to the idea of Aspergers Syndrome (and the idea that I probably have it to some extent) for around 5-6 yrs. I'm new to forum and fairly new to using the term Aspie.

While I'm not quite adjusted to it yet, I agree with someone who said that it seems to have a softening effect. As many have said it's certainly more softening than some of the alternatives.

Also wholly agree about not being too quick to label. I am who I am and may well have AS/be an aspie, and this may explain some things I do and think.

I do find the "arse-burgers" joke childishly amusing. It also provides a useful sign language option for my wife to tell me if I'm going off on one conversationally in an inappropriate way.

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I don't mind Aspie or Asperger's but I am inclining towards simply using the word autistic, it's more encompassing.

I HATE the word "Aspie" - I can't believe parents call their children by that term and I certainly can't believe people who are - let us say, as was always said, eccentric, artists, people more interested in own thought processes vs. gossip and group sports advocates. ... why boil a whole complex human into a stupid word given by NTs who haven't the slightest idea what they're doing/ saying - ??

I use the term Aspie because it's shorter. Normally I don't subscribe to text speak. It's not much more difficult to right the full word but if I'm using the same term over and over again on a forum like this one a short form suddenly seems attractive.

I don't see the point of using the term Aspergian. It doesn't sound any better in my opinion and it's just as long.

I told my mom about the DSM V change: "I like Aspie better."

aspie is fine, its only 5 letters so thats good or people like me who are bad at writing. I would prefer to use it or aspergers over autistic becouse most people already have misconceptions of what makes someone an autistic(classic LFA). I will use it past DSM 5 as well, like it of not it ain't going to ever die becouse it serves a purpose.