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aspie pride
i am proud to have it!! !! 75%  75%  [ 57 ]
i hate it so much!! !! !! 25%  25%  [ 19 ]
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24 Jan 2011, 3:49 pm

pride or shame?



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24 Jan 2011, 3:50 pm

I can't answer this question - neither option is accurate for me.



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24 Jan 2011, 4:07 pm

I am proud of being an Aspie. It's a part of who I am, I assume it entirely just like Black people are proud of their skin color and heritage, like homosexuals who are not ashamed of living their sexuality openly or like feminist womans who are proud of being womans and who ask for the same right as mans.



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24 Jan 2011, 4:13 pm

I have autism. It is nothing more to be proud of than having green eyes or curly hair.

It is just my DNA.


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24 Jan 2011, 4:16 pm

Pride is the wrong word. I have no shame, but I would not say that I have pride. This is how I was born and I did nothing to make it happen. Being an Aspie is not an accomplishment as it required no effort on my part, therefore I cannot take pride in it.



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24 Jan 2011, 4:31 pm

I have mixed feelings. Having special interests and being passionate about things is fun. Being able to do without people and not caring too much about society's rules is a good thing. Not being able to socialize when I want to is a bad thing. Having to fight so hard to do things that are not my special interest is a bad thing.



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24 Jan 2011, 5:22 pm

I'd rather be AS than NT, because that's all I know. I've gotten used to it.


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24 Jan 2011, 6:47 pm

I don't think I feel either way. it's just what it is.



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24 Jan 2011, 7:20 pm

I'm proud to have aspergers but do find having aspergers really hard.



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24 Jan 2011, 7:54 pm

This is a fascinating topic.


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24 Jan 2011, 10:36 pm

I am neither proud nor ashamed.


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25 Jan 2011, 3:38 am

Why would I be proud or ashamed of having AS? I didn't do anything to get it.

I am proud of what I've achieved despite it.


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25 Jan 2011, 4:46 am

Verdandi wrote:
I can't answer this question - neither option is accurate for me.

This. It has both great and terrible aspects.



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26 Jan 2011, 7:48 am

I am proud and happy to be myself.

Saying I am proud to have Asperger's seems as nonsensical as to say I am proud to be a woman or have green eyes. It is just one more arbitrary classification of human that we use to divide ourselves into groups. But the truth is that if you go back far enough, we are all related, all descended from the same ancestors. We each think of our "self" in a different way depending on culture, sociopolitical factors, individual preferences, transforming personal experiences, books we've read, films we've seen... We are as unique as we are interdependent and connected, and so any division between us is ultimately arbitrary, any label an abstract concept that we all too frequently confuse with the ineffable reality itself.

On the other hand, feeling shame for having Asperger's makes even less sense. Unfortunately, when we are given the label we are also given the distinct impression that we should feel shamed by it. It's like we are supposed to carry this shame around with us all the time, like the lead weights put on racehorses as a handicap to weight them down. If we forget we are supposed to be ashamed of who we are and start acting like ourselves, flapping our hands excitedly when confronted with the marvel and wonder of our world, then it is made clear to us that we are deviants and our responses inappropriate. Apathy and boredom is considered the socially desired default expression of inner state, unless the stimulus for excitement is the presence of other humans, in which case squealing and shrieking is acceptable. In the case of rock concerts, throwing panties or other undergarments is also considered acceptable.

If we are all unique, with varying degrees of perceptual sensitivity, who determines the "appropriate" response to a stimulus?

I accept a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome only as an identifier of human type, not as a demotion to something subhuman so people who are too lazy or fearful to think out their own identity and place in the universe can comfort themselves with a philosophical fairy tale. You, me, Australian aborigines, hedge fund managers, Native Americans, Maori, Europeans, Mexicans, Republicans, Democrats, rich, poor, white, black, man, woman, child--all human, part of the same shared life form, connected with everything else in the universe. For almost as long we humans have been drawing a line in the sand between "us" and "the other," like choosing white or black on a chess board. But the line exists only in our imaginations. It is fine to divide ourselves up into tribes, teams, but don't make the mistake of believing the other side's trash talk. It's a game we've been playing for so long, we forget that it's a game and mistake words and concepts for reality.



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26 Jan 2011, 10:10 am

Verdandi wrote:
I can't answer this question - neither option is accurate for me.


I feel the same


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26 Jan 2011, 8:50 pm

the only thing i like about it is the great memory/high intellegence. i hate everything else