I saw an Asperger's bumper sticker today for the first time

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17 Jan 2008, 10:52 am

I love this from Cafe Press

never mind. can't get the image to post. You have to see it to appreciate it.

maybe a link will work..
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/aspergers/ ... pt_/c_666/

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17 Jan 2008, 11:54 am

kclark wrote:

I don't know if I would want a bumper sticker that says "Honk if you love someone with Aspergers".
Car honks scare me pretty bad even when I am doing the honking. I would ever be waiting for that honk out of nowhere to come just because someone read my bumper sticker.
I like the general idea a lot, just not the honking part.

Yes,it's a strange sticker,as what it encourages is actually something that would be torture to those on the spectrum.
What is the point in beeping the horn anyway? it doesn't mean anything.

2ukenkerl,
about the exam bit,it should be possible for an aspie to not understand an entire test,if they have a lot of difficulty with understanding fiction/fake,they can fail the exam altogether regardless of ability.
Another reason can be with information processing problems,or the person might have added on 'extras' eg,dyslexia,executive dysfunction,visual processing problems...

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17 Jan 2008, 11:58 am

2ukenkerl wrote:

As for that store?

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Created podcasts with such notable figures as ..., Autism Speaks, ..., and more.

I don't trust them!

They've also done podcasts with Temple Grandin and several members of Neurodiversity.

They are completely unbiased.

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17 Jan 2008, 1:04 pm

kclark wrote:

Well, I don't suppose it's any worse than the T-shirt at cafepress.com encouraging people to "look me in the eye". No, don't look me in the eye - unless, of course, your goal actually is to make me hideously uncomfortable.

I've got a bumper sticker that reads, "CURE NEUROTYPICALS NOW! Offended? Good. Now you know how we feel."
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/autism%20p ... g_/c_/fpt_

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18 Jan 2008, 12:19 am

so... did you honk?

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18 Jan 2008, 11:20 am

Spiral153 wrote:

It reads: "Honk if you love someone with Asperger's".

normally i think bumper stickers are tacky but that is cute! :heart:

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18 Jan 2008, 3:54 pm

beef_bourito wrote:

so... did you honk?

No, I didn't.

I was just so suprised to actually see an Asperger's bumper sticker (I didn't know that they even existed), that all I could think of at that moment was to snap a picture of it.

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18 Jan 2008, 5:03 pm

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Phagocyte wrote:

I've actually seen a car that had a bumper-sticker that read "My Asperger's child aced the test that your child failed." :lol:

I want that, and I don't even have kids!

And me. That's awesome.

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18 Jan 2008, 5:46 pm

Spiral153 wrote:

Phagocyte wrote:

I've actually seen a car that had a bumper-sticker that read "My Asperger's child aced the test that your child failed." :lol:

LOL

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18 Jan 2008, 6:21 pm

I gotta get me an autie ribbon thingie in any case.

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05 Mar 2008, 12:36 am

886 wrote:

I really would like to know how to obtain such things as those..

Or at least the ribbon.

The National Autism Association's store
http://www.nationalautismassociation.or ... php?cat=42
Site has stickers, ribbons, jewelry, tshirts, magnets, vitamin supplements, documentary films, books, nutritional supplements, mugs, and aides, and you can also make charitable donations to fundraisers and in others' honor.

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05 Mar 2008, 9:08 am

Spiral153 wrote:

It reads: "Honk if you love someone with Asperger's".
This is the first time that I've seen an Asperger's bumper sticker on a car.
As you can see, the van also had an Autism Speaks sticker as well as an Autism Awareness ribbon.

unfortunately that car also has the autism speaks bumper sticker on it

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05 Mar 2008, 12:39 pm

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I love this from Cafe Press

never mind. can't get the image to post. You have to see it to appreciate it.

maybe a link will work..
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/aspergers/ ... pt_/c_666/

I like that one!

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05 Mar 2008, 9:21 pm

ShadesOfMe wrote:

Spiral153 wrote:

Phagocyte wrote:

I've actually seen a car that had a bumper-sticker that read "My Asperger's child aced the test that your child failed." :lol:

LOL

Dude, EPIC WIN!! !

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06 Mar 2008, 1:43 am

gypsyRN wrote:

886 wrote:

I really would like to know how to obtain such things as those..

Or at least the ribbon.

The NAA is a mercury poisoning website. They do nothing positive in regards to autism awareness.

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06 Mar 2008, 2:07 am

beau99 wrote:

886 wrote:

I really would like to know how to obtain such things as those..

Or at least the ribbon.

http://www.autismlinkstore.com

They have lots of this stuff... and all proceeds go directly to families who can't afford treatments.

It looks like they are propagating the unfounded myth of vaccinations causing autism as one of their shirts has this on it: "Number of vaccinations: Doubled Number of children with autism: Doubled Coincidence?"

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