I hate when Aspergers is used like Aspie!

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Let me explain. I'm fine with saying "a child with Aspergers/autism". I'm fine with "autistic adult". I'm fine with "I'm an aspie/autie". What I cannot tolerate is this: "He is an Aspergers child" or "Are you an Aspergers?". That particular phrasing annoys the hell out of me. Anyway, does anyone else have opinions about the various phrasings of the same thing?

Ja, it'd be just like if the doctor came and called somebody with the flu flu-ey or someone with a heart condition, hey heart trouble!

I don't like people calling me Borderline, or using the term "Borderline" at all. The whole label should be used. I HAVE Borderline Personality Disorder, but I'm not my diagnosis. I am still a person.

I know it's not anything to do with Aspergers, but I do know where you're coming from.

It goes further with me, I dislike 'aspie' as well. I'm not an aspie/autie. Well, I don't have a diagnosis, so even if I liked 'aspie' I couldn't say that I was.

I prefer 'a person with aspergers/autism'.

ASDs are quite different from physical diseases, but this analogy works to a degree. I'm fine with Aspie as it was developed by the community. To me identifying as an aspie is more of a cultural thing than a medical thing.

I would prefer "has Asperger's syndrome."

I used to hate the term aspie because it just creates more stigma like "schizo" or "psycho". But I've accepted it somewhat mainly because I got tired of typing Asperger's all the time.

I agree with the last statement. I hate typing out "person with Aspergers Syndrome/autism". Autistic person is the same as the later, and aspie is so much shorter.

I refer to myself as pyscho a bit.

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I find it funny when people say "My aspie." It sounds like they are a pet or an ownership of them or something. But I guess it's the same as saying "my child" "My son" My daughter" "My kid" but "my aspie?"

On autism forums I can understand why people go "my aspie husband" or "my aspie wife" "my aspie child" so we all know who they are talking about.

I don't mind aspie at all. It's easier to type out and say when the need arises. In the end, it's just a word to describe something and I don't see it as a pejorative. No matter what word you use to describe a person with asperger's syndrome it will always mean the same thing as words are just place holders for ideas. I mean, if you deconstruct language, that is all it really is.

Flu-ey? Better that than Flu-sie.

I don't really care about any of the ways to say the same thing, but I like "my NT". I'm going to take "my NT" out for a walk. I'm watching TV with "my NT". I wanna get married to an NT man, so I can use this eggspression all the time.

Agreed...also tautologies also bug me, like PIN number

Yes, I have a problem with others phrasing their questions this way when referring to someone that has AS because they make it sound like Asperger's Syndrome defines the person, instead the other way around; by this, I mean they are suggesting that the person is not unique, but just a category- or the condition itself, minus and actually human personality.

I dont like being called an aspergers person like stated above but when called aspie it doesnt bother me so much.It beats being called a ret*d or a freak thats for sure which I have been called in my earlier years by peers in elementary and jr high school!!