Sick of the euphemism treadmill.

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There is no possible term that can be used to describe {whatever it is that I am} that will not become a slur before the hundredth time it's uttered.

So, fine.

Stop calling me Aspie. Stop calling me Autistic. Stop calling me differently abled. Stop calling me neurodiverse. Stop calling me special.

Because I'm not. It is made abundantly clear, day in and day out, that I am the opposite of "special". I am a reject. The actual word you are looking for is social ret*d.

I am a social ret*d. You got that? I am not a "person with {X}", because it's obvious that I'm no more a "person" than a 'colored' person in Apartheid south africa, or a Jew in Deschau. So stop pissing down my back and telling me it's the weather.

Of course, I probably shouldn't say it that way - a little too harsh, maybe? Little too honest? But that's okay; people expect that from me. I'm a social ret*d, after all.

I hate the term "aspie" too. It sounds ret*d.

I like the term 'baby seal'.
I wanna be a baby seal in a bat-free world. =)

Well, at least your brain works. You could have been born a no-chance NT. *gasp* *faint*
"They" say ignorance is bliss - so, my condolences to you. . .

(ha ha! reverse labeling!)



(this was probably completely unhelpful, but wth, Imma social 'tard too)

I think I like the term autistic.....might as well throw the aspergers out since its not going to be in the DSM and it will just be autism anyways. But I guess I don't define my autism as being 'behind' socially' which is what socially ret*d indicates to me. I mean I have the social skills of a 22 year old with autism...sure that is different than a neurotypical my age but I don't have the social skills of say a 15 year old neurotypical therefore not behind.

I absolutely despise the word ret*d or ret*d and never use it to describe myself or anyone else, no matter how stupid the behavior. It's like a swear word to me, and ever since I was a little kid I've hated swear words. It's not because of religiousness or anything, I just plain hate them. It actually got worse during my teen years when every other kid thought is was "cool" or "mature" to drop f-bombs during normal conversation, and I had to force myself to be less sensitive just so I wouldn't go insane. I must be, out of all the billions of human beings alive on the planet, who feels this way and if I openly mention my hatred of foul language people practically laugh in my face. But one time, shortly before my diagnosis, I started being really nasty swearing a lot, including the f-word. When the home I used to be in called my mother and told her she was shocked...

Anyway, I used to didn't like the word aspie, it kind of makes me sound like a venomous snake, but if I must be labeled I'll choose it over ret*d. Especially since the shrink who diagnosed me thought at first I was "mildly mentally ret*d" at first, but dropped it because I was "too smart".

I don't care if people don't like vulgar language, but if they verbally abuse me for using vulgar language than I might be kind of offended, I mean its mostly a habit and certainly not meant to piss someone off that much. If I know someone doesn't like it I tend to try not to though.

When I was a kid we were beaten mercilessly by everyone - the school teachers, our parents, and even relatives. They were very strict (and ass backwards). Th only time I felt liberated was when I was by myself and cussing. It meant I was free. Cussing seemed to be a necessary catharsis otherwise I surely would have went crazy.

But yeah, I'm a social ret*d (sorry, lostonearth35). I can't help it.

I'm a big fan of "social ret*d." I was telling myself I was socially ret*d for years, before I had any idea of what ASDs were. And it's not a derogatory slur if it's true, right?

I used to call it my "crippling social anxiety" before I realized it had a lot more to do with my cognitive abilities than it had to do with my confidence.

People call me gullible.

Life is a treadmill. You walk until you're dead and then your body falls off onto the floor.

I don't like "Aspie" either. It just seems really belittling and patronising and plain bloody rude, if it's said that way (I suppose it can be used affectionately). I don't mind "Autistic" though, because it's what I am. I suppose everyone has different preferences.