Starting to resent the label "Aspie?"

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21 May 2007, 8:56 pm

Recently I have been getting more sensitive to the label "aspie," and prefer to now be called "a person living with asperger's." I guess this means I will have to change my forum name. My problem is that asperger's doesn't define me as an "aspie," rather my asperger's speaks more about me as a "person" who has specific qualities but is still just another human being like anybody else. In other words, asperger's doesn't make me a different kind of person that needs a special name, rather asperger's makes me an ordinary person with a few differences that are already well highlighted by my being diagnosed with the condition of asperger's. Asperger's is more of an adjective helpful in describing some of the complexity that makes me into me, whereas the label aspie is more of a noun that attempts to completely define me by my asperger's in an overly simplistic way. Anyone else feel anything similar relating to the label of "aspie?"

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21 May 2007, 9:00 pm

I pefered to be called "A person who if they went to a doctor may meet the DSM-IV criteria for the condition known as aspegers but with comboid issues such as inattentive ADHD and dyspraxia"

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21 May 2007, 9:02 pm

I prefer 'aspie.' Referring to me as someone 'with Aspergers' makes it sound more like a problem, an illness, a disability. Which it isn't. It is the kind of person that I am. NTs are not 'people with neurotypicality.' I doesn't really bother me that much either way anymore though.

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21 May 2007, 9:02 pm

I agree. The word sounds like a cute nickname for something that isn't cute to the people who have it. Even to those whose condition is relatively mild, it can be frustrating.

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21 May 2007, 9:04 pm

Sopho wrote:

I also prefer 'Aspie' -- it's a convenient short form, nothing more.

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21 May 2007, 9:09 pm

You're overthinking it. While you are thinking about the label, you are not thinking about how to expand your capabilities.

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21 May 2007, 9:30 pm

Xenon wrote:

Sopho wrote:

I also prefer 'Aspie' -- it's a convenient short form, nothing more.

I agree but lets make it shorter like lets start using one letter. We can not use "A" because it is used in English text alone too often I suggest "P".

Example: Ps are getting too much oppression by the NT's my brothers.

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21 May 2007, 9:32 pm

P could be misinterpreted as urine though.
I say we use S.

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21 May 2007, 9:33 pm

Sopho wrote:

P could be misinterpreted as urine though.
I say we use S.

Then the Plural form would be "SS"

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21 May 2007, 9:34 pm

Well then I would suggest I, but that wouldn't work either.
What about E?

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21 May 2007, 9:36 pm

I don't tell most people so I don't have to worry about it.

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21 May 2007, 9:41 pm

I hated being an aspie until I found that I am one. I am explained, and being an aspie I find that comforting.

I like "Aspie", it is cute and non threatening and sans inference of illness. And it beats being an "ass burger" all to hell!

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21 May 2007, 9:42 pm

nutbag wrote:

But if you press the S one too many times then we're 'ass pies'.

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21 May 2007, 9:46 pm

Who coined the phrase "aspie" anyway?

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21 May 2007, 9:46 pm

Someone who likes pies.

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21 May 2007, 9:47 pm

nutbag wrote:

I love onion burgers and bacon cheeseburgers and garlic burgers. What could be so bad about an ass burger?

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