People who don't "believe in" Aspergers?

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extraordinary (even widely believed aka myths and the supernatural) claims require extraordinary evidence.
"bring it on or back off abusing your right to opinion."

Same thing happens with ADHD. People just think that the symptoms of ADHD are "hyperactivity" and that's it. They'll say "Oh, but I get bored in school- does that mean I have ADHD".......*headdesk*.

I think it's because AS is such a "popular" disorder, but nobody seems to know anything about it other than "They're nerds" or "They're socially stupid". People think that AS is just being a little bit eccentric and that's actually a load of s**t.

People are very naive if they think that doctors just make up disorders on a whim or just cause they feel like it. Like any science, it has to be carefully scrutinised before it can be considered a fact. It can take decades before the psychiatric community will accept it as a real disorder. AS and ADHD/ADD are very real disorders and you can see the neurological differences in these people in comparison to NT people.

I'm an atheist and I'm appauled at the naivety of your friend (considering that science is really not a matter of belief and non-belief- it's a matter of fact). It's okay to scrutinise something and it's great if you manage to actually prove something to be wrong or right, but the point is that you need solid EVIDENCE, not "oh, I just BELIEVE that something that is backed up by an ocean of solid and consistent evidence is not true".

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M.

This really angers me when people don't believe there is such thing as Asperger's Syndrome. This is something I feel, and it is real to me. My parents don't believe I have it, and they think all my weirdness and quirks and anti-social behavior is blamed on a friend influencing me to be this way. That friend became my husband. Imagine how that feels when your own parents don't appreciate who you associate with. They refuse to believe there is anything wrong with me, and when I act strange they blame it on Richard!

I'm having a hard time dealing with this one as well. So far people's reactions about it in disbelief, and/or shooting it down under the low-IQ stereotype of autism seriously spring in me a desire to shut down and not tell anyone.

I know people who "don't believe" in AS. The thing is, it is understandable that people who've known AS as "just eccentricity" for all of their lives, will n ot suddenly adapt to believing it's a neurological disability. I generally ignore the "I don't believ ein AS" stuff and won't debate with these people.

People who don't believe in it don't really understand how real it really is. Until they meet someone who actually does have it or reads a memoir about it, then they will see the real difference.

I know a few ppl who think it's just an excuse for ill behaved children, along with adhd, ocd etc.

I've found that there are so many people who don't believe in Aspergers (usually the same ones who can be sitting right next to a hardcore case of ADHD and say "Oh no... ADHD isn't real"), so this is why I just say I'm autistic if I say anything at all.

BloodRedFox, my excommunicated father would most likely fit this picture as, in his mind all things relating of a mental nature are merely psychsomatic and tend to be more than just a figment of one's imagination, including the very notion Depression is an actual medical condition and all..Honestly, I've always felt that my As is very real and I don't let anyone try to tell me that it's simply something that you imagine or make up to acquire attention or positive emotions from others..


ProfessorX

i'm diagnosed with asperger and i dont believe its real its just some other stupide made up word for diffrent. its more something to label people with then it is a disorder its just diffrent people all people act diffrent we dont have names for people that cant cook why do we have names for people that are less social.