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06 Feb 2014, 11:19 am

do you use "i have aspergers/autism" or do you use "im autistic/ an aspie"

for me, i say i have autism/aspergers. because i am not autism, i have all the issues/ symptoms of a neurological disorder, but i don't recognize myself as just autistic.

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06 Feb 2014, 11:26 am

The word "Aspie" slips from my mouth before I come out and say "Asperger's."

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06 Feb 2014, 11:47 am

I use "I am autistic" and "I have autism" interchangeably.

Both statements mean the same thing.

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06 Feb 2014, 12:40 pm

Maybe four or five people know about me? Normally I just keep quiet and let folk take me as I am.

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06 Feb 2014, 12:52 pm

DrHouseHasAspergers wrote:

I use "I am autistic" and "I have autism" interchangeably.

Both statements mean the same thing.

I use both phrases too. Just whatever slips out of my mouth basically.

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06 Feb 2014, 1:10 pm

DrHouseHasAspergers wrote:

I use "I am autistic" and "I have autism" interchangeably.

So do I. For me the meaning is the same (even though I know that they can mean different things, I don't usually think about the potential difference.)

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06 Feb 2014, 1:11 pm

I would likely go with 'I am autistic/have aspergers' or sometimes I just say 'I'm on the autism spectrum' I guess it just sort of depends how I feel like wording it.

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06 Feb 2014, 1:25 pm

I am autistic / I was diagnosed with Asperger's / I am on the (autism) spectrum

I don't *have* autism or Asperger's - it's not an illness that can be cured; it's who I am and always have been, even before getting the diagnosis.

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06 Feb 2014, 2:46 pm

Usually I do not say anything. Only a few people know what is really going on.

When someone comments on my odd behaviour, I reply that I am mentally disabled.

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06 Feb 2014, 2:56 pm

I use 'am autistic' more than 'have autism', but it's purely out of habit, not ideological.

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06 Feb 2014, 3:03 pm

Volterra wrote:

Usually I do not say anything. Only a few people know what is really going on.

When someone comments on my odd behaviour, I reply that I am mentally disabled.

I prefer "neurologically disabled", which I do have a diagnosis for.

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06 Feb 2014, 3:10 pm

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06 Feb 2014, 3:18 pm

Oddly enough I don't usually let anyone know I'm an Aspie until I spend a good deal of time with them.

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06 Feb 2014, 3:52 pm

I use both the term "Asperger's" and "Aspie", but I usually use the former more often than I use the latter.

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06 Feb 2014, 3:58 pm

I say "I am person that has both Aspergers & ADHD".

It's strange, coz an ADHD person is reffered to as an "ADDer", and an Aspergers person as an "Aspie". Adders & Asps. Kinda like snakes.
It's just an observation I have made.

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06 Feb 2014, 4:17 pm

I will happily use either "have" or "am".

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