why would you want to have aspergers syndrome: it sucks.

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To me, it's not wanting to have it, so much as accepting that it's part of who you are. Much like your height, race, eye color or gender bodysuit

With an attitude like that, you aren't superior to anyone.

This would make for a great example of why people hold the stereotypes about us that they do.



So............... When some of us Aspies are expressing anger, we aren't superior to anyone? Did I say that we Aspies are better in every single way? No! Well, regardless of what you say, every one of us Aspies(including you) are superior in intelligence to NTs. Also, this isn't why NTs hold stereotypes about us. The fact that we're "different" from the rest, is why NTs hold stereotypes towards us. Oh, and the part when I apologized about my language, and you failing to read that part? Seriously? Isn't there a f*****g reason WHY I PUT THAT APOLOGY UP THERE??? It wasn't made to make myself look good, it was clearly up there to let everyone know that I was sorry for what I did. Of course, YOU are irritated by what I said(though I couldn't care less about you being irritated.) If you came across an Aspie who was similar to me, and you criticized him/her, then you would make him/her feel worse, which is what you did to me. Also, if you were so offended by my comment, and bashing of dumb NTs, then why did you come to this topic?As for expression of anger, we(even you) Aspies have the right to express our anger. So long as it's not illegal, and very offensive(though we can still insult NTs when we want to). But, as I can tell, you're a comment Nazi(Gee, does THIS WORD SOUND FAMILIAR!!?????! !) Don't talk to me about Nazis and the Holocaust when you basically accuse me of being one. First off, Hitler was stereotyped towards ALL JEWS. And finally, I, on the other hand, do not stereotype ALL NTs. I only stereotype the bad eggs. I mean, I've typed things on the internet that don't express hatred, and yet, there are a bunch of dummies misquoting me; and no, I'm not talking about my previous comment. As for you, I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. In other words, I don't think you're stupid. Apparently, you do not understand how some of us Aspies feel. As you can tell from the latter part of my comment, I had a change of mood. Does my angry expression excuse me from being mean? No. It was way out of proportion what I said, and I'm going to edit my post as a result. I'm trying to make that post a tamer version, but I'm having some trouble because I cannot edit it at the moment. How would you like it if you expressed your anger, and I decided to criticize you for it? Wouldn't feel good, would it? Oh, and speaking of examples from your quote I posted, I met a fellow Aspie who was rather dumb because I exhibited an Aspergian symptom and he was acting like a dumb NT, in the sense he was talking to me like I was an idiot(by being mean, of course). Are Aspies still capable of being stupid? Yes! But for the most part, we're not. Next time, when you come across a fellow Aspie of yours, whether on the internet or not, and he/she is angry about someone/something, PLEASE don't make things worse for him/her. I'm not going to edit the post because of you, I'm going to do it because A. It was a bad way of expressing my anger. and B. So that no one could be offended by it. Am I truly regretful and sorry for the content I posted? Yes! THAT is why I am doing everything I can to edit this post. However, I am not sorry for having negative feelings towards some NTs, and those of us Aspies that do shouldn't be sorry. So, I hope no one would reply to this post, because I(yet again) make it very clear that I apologize for the offensive content that I have posted.

To get diagnosed with Aspergers one has to have average to high intelligence.

NT's and Autistic's overall go from low to high intelligence.

Just by not diagnosing lower intelligence people guarantees that the average "Aspie" has higher intelligence than average NT's or Autistics in general.

Now that Aspergers is not an official diagnosis anymore people can define Aspergers as they damm well please and what too many have done is only the remember the savants or at least the above intelligence Aspies. Those of us Aspies with somewhat below average to somewhat above average intelligence have been forgotten about. There was only one media portrayal of us that I recall, Hank on Parenthood. Yet we deal with the similar or same discrimination, bullying etc for being close enough but not really normal at all as the more celebrated socially awkward geniuses.

As for you Su35SuperFlanker you need to meet a more diverse group of NT's (meeting people is difficult as I know)

It depends on how severe it is. Being Sheldon (from the big bang) must suck. However, aspies have many traits that "normals" envy.

I know how you feel. It took me a long time before I got to the point where I started to accept the fact that for whatever reason, I have Asperger's; it's just the way I was wired. I try not to let it define who I am, though.

I remember when I was diagnosed with aspergers. I thought no way! It felt like I had just been officially declared a ret*d. I thought it must be a misdiagnosis because I am good at metaphors. However, I learned that one does not need to have every trait to be an aspie. I also learned that as a percentage, aspies are more likely to be world shakers. The best scientists, philosophers, comedians, military leaders....
Wittgenstein is considered the greatest philosopher of the last hundred years. See Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy. And he was an aspie!

I'm sorry you feel this way.

AS, for me, is not a "worse" way of thinking/living. It's different. The problem is not with AS being "bad", but with the media that labels AS as "bad".

I think you misunderstand me. I felt devastated when I was diagnosed. But now I am proud to be an aspie.