I've seen it a couple of times. Some people think it makes AS sound trivial. The majority are fine with it, though.

Actually, there are a lot of people who are annoyed that Asperger's sounds so much like "AssBurgers". A lot of people will use that to make fun of you, once they wrap their tiny little minds around the pun.

Re. self-diagnosed: Just remember this is not an automatic "they're just eccentric and a bit hypochondriac"... they might be right. AS and autism are new, as far as psychology is concerned. If the person you're talking to is mid-twenties or older, it is likely enough that if their case isn't very obvious, it was missed when they were kids.

I'm 26 now. As a kid, I had uncontrollable tantrums, couldn't tolerate the feel of certain types of cloth, went nuts when I had to take a shower, spoke in canned phrases or as though reading out loud, couldn't learn to clean a room or brush my teeth or do the dishes, took until my teen years to learn to ride a bike and could never run gracefully, spent ages making patterns with dried beans, got fascinated with cats to the point of obsession, and didn't have any friends at all. Know when I was finally diagnosed? I was 19. My mom had been in denial for years. (Didn't help that she was also undiagnosed autistic, and figured I was normal because I was like her.) Point being, it is very possible for some cases to be missed, especially if the person in question is in their twenties or older. Asperger's became a recognized diagnosis in the mid-1990s, and anyone older than about twelve at the time easily could have slipped through the cracks. If you are "self-diagnosed", it means you have a very strong suspicion this has happened. Many such people have learned enough over the years not to need any extra help; but some are seeking out an expert in adult autism who might give them some insight into exactly how their minds work.