how can someone be proud of having aspergers?

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The problem with logic is "garbage in, garbage out." While you can make a logically sound argument, the data you are interpreting with your logic may be wrong.

In this case, your data are wrong - the claims you make about what Aspies are supposed to be like are easily falsified, and thus the information you're trying to use to support your logic is not valid, thus your logic itself is invalidated.

I explained how it works: Pride in this context is the antonym of shame. I am not ashamed of my disabilities. Therefore, it is possible for me to state that I am proud of myself as a disabled person because I do not feel shame. Note that this logic does not claim that a pride stance is required. Just that it is available.

That is simple logic, fits exactly what I said, and the "pride as an antonym of shame" is a common usage, explicitly described in the gay rights movement especially.



You are creating your own version of what I said and then saying that I really said those things. You're interpreting things into my words. The things you list are part of the cost of being autistic. I am fine with them. I do not really mind that my social perceptions are not like an NT's and I have developed coping mechanisms to some extent to ease my lack of instinctive social understanding. I have learned to manage my anxiety to some extent over the years. In neither case do I have anything to be ashamed of, however.



I am not delusional at all. As a point of fact, this is one thing I've gone over at length in therapy and my therapist appreciates my grasp on the realities of my conditions (to a point - we disagree on particulars) as well as my ability to develop coping skills to handle my disabilities.

I am not you. I do not view myself in the same way you view yourself. We are two different people with different thoughts. The only options available are not "Think the same way Panic thinks" or "think differently from Panic and be delusional." You're engaged in an extreme form of black and white thinking, which is a pretty good trick given that black and white thinking is already extreme by definition.

Stop attacking me because I do not agree with you or see the world the way you think all Aspies should see the world. You aren't in any position to diagnose or undiagnose anyone, to tell any of us that we are required to see things your way or we're delusional or not really autistic. It's okay for you to explain where you're coming from but it's not okay for you to try to impose where you're coming from on everyone else. So: Just stop.

Pride comes from the act of accomplishing a goal or achieving something you set out to do. To me, you can either be content with Asperger's or not because you're born with it. Saying you're proud of something you cannot achieve doesn't make sense to me.

Well, we are very smart nd honesty is rather a virtue.You need to look at yourself see where your problems come from