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01 Jan 2008, 7:56 pm

Simple enough question. How do you want to be described as a person? Do you like to have the autism included in the description or not? Disabled? Intelligent?

Give me your descriptions.

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01 Jan 2008, 8:01 pm

I would prefer that AS not be implied in my description. I would like terms like intelligent, creative, etc.

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01 Jan 2008, 9:14 pm

Actually, while I do want "intelligent, witty, and devilishly handsome in an oversized Dr. Evil, kind of way".... I have no problem with Asperger's being used in the description. It's part of what I am and it's WHY I am. My intelligence, my wit, they derive from being an Aspie. Just like my interests in quantum physics, cosmology, archaeology, particle physics, pharmacology, medicine, literature, art, music.... you get the idea.

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02 Jan 2008, 2:49 am

Here's mine:

Quote:

Female adult musician, writer, artist, blogger, officially dxed aspie, researcher, daughter, sister, Batman-obsessing, pro-equality, grad student, instrumentalist, young-@-heart, sleep deprived, [Firefly, Star Trek, M*A*S*H, ] fan, god fan, WPer, aunty, lego building, glasses wearing, synaesthetic, early riser, intelligent, absent-minded, observant, beanie wearing, sudoku & hanjie-doing, constantly creating, poet, eccentric, kind, storm loving geek.

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02 Jan 2008, 6:18 am

I want to be described in whatever way is true, including my flaws.
If I had to have a preference, I would prefer to not be described with some trait that I completely exude and that tends to be the first trait people notice about me.
I would prefer to be described in a way that suggests that the describer actually knows me.

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02 Jan 2008, 9:43 am

"He's a bit of a bast, but he's very good at what he does and he's right most of the time"

If people got that forewarning, they'd probably listen to my advice once in a while...I am right a lot of the time!

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02 Jan 2008, 10:08 am

I did something like that for a blog once.

So this is a repost:

Myself
19yo, bizarre, composed, dark, english-german, gryffindor, hectic, high functioning autistic, high spirited, know-it-all, lunatic, masking, melancholic, motionless, moving, old-fashioned, outré, passionate, snoopy, still, strategically, stubborn, a writer

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02 Jan 2008, 11:50 am

doesnt belong here :jester:

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02 Jan 2008, 12:15 pm

"Salt of the earth"; what you see is what you get; doesn't play mind games; has a wacky sense of humor; a darn good cook.

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02 Jan 2008, 3:35 pm

It depends who is describing me. If I'm in a hospital and a member of staff says 'this is Ed, our latest AS patient' then I'm not going to mind too much. If however a member of our ham radio club introduces me by saying 'this is HA6SST, he's a member of our club and he has really bad Asperger's I'm likely to turn round and punch him in the nose.

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02 Jan 2008, 5:03 pm

Well, I can and have written zillions of words describing myself.

Change in tack; one word: complex.

Good fortune,

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02 Jan 2008, 5:44 pm

I don't care so long as it's not offensive, and I don't care if my aspieness comes into the description so long as it is not used in a derogatory fashion.

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02 Jan 2008, 5:50 pm

i want to be described accurately. whatever that is. shrug. i am... ? Abstruse. Bratty. Creative. Deliquescent... hmmm. 4 in a row. better finish... Egotistical. Flawed. Genius. Hateful. Idiosyncratic. Jocoserious. Killer. Lethargic. Mischievious. Nemesis. Obsessive. Petulant. Quirky. Rabid. Sensual. Turbulent. Uneven. Venomous. Weird. um... X-ed-out. Yeasty. um... Zooidish.

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02 Jan 2008, 6:01 pm

i_Am_andaJoy wrote:

Yeasty.

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

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02 Jan 2008, 6:08 pm

chinapig wrote:

i_Am_andaJoy wrote:

Yeasty.

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

are you trying to be funny?
you fail.

yeasty:
1. Causing or characterized by unrest or agitation; turbulent: the yeasty days before the new government was established.
2. Frothy; frivolous: a yeasty comedy.
3. Full of productivity or vitality; exuberantly creative.

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03 Jan 2008, 1:50 am

i_Am_andaJoy wrote:

*claps*

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