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Originally Posted by BadGirlBlues
I have seen immature posters on other sites call each other "aspie" to imply a clueless person who doesn't get it. Whether "it" be a joke, the topic of convrsation, etc.
These people use it as a put-down. As I said, I don't have aspergers, but I do have mental illness, and it just seems...I dunno. Wrong.
Edit: not to imply that those with aspergers shouldn't use this term, I am bothered by those who do NOT suffer using it.
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Well yes, in that context it would be offensive I guess. It happens with a lot of words though so I try not to worry about it (too much). Take the word 'gay' for instance. How many people throw that around as either an insult or in the completely wrong context for what the word actually means. Some people are just very narrow minded and don't think or care about who they may cause offence to.
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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee
Hurtful? Yes. I feel like a pet when it is used to describe me. Asperger's Syndrome/ASD is my cognitive style not my identity. I refuse to call myself an Aspie and so does my family.
Aspie is commonly used on the internet. I never heard an ASD professional use the term.
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I guess it's all about personal choice. I see my AS as a part of my identity, it has ruled my life for the most part (since I was undiagnosed until recently), it makes me different to others around me so I chose to embrace it upon my diagnosis. But like all individuals, we don't all like the same things or see ourselves the same way so not every person with AS will like it.
It was actually an ASD professional from whom I first heard the word during my diagnosis stage. She didn't use it in the context of "you're an Aspie", but she was explaining that a lot of people with AS refer to themselves as Aspies and call people not on the spectrum NTs.