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Originally Posted by rosska
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. |
I don't care what people call themselves. Whatever works for you. I just don't want to called Didgee the Aspie.
NT and Aspie were terms I discovered on the internet. The doctor who diagnosed me never heard of these terms. She actually laughed when I told her what an NT was.
There is an autism subculture in my city. We usually call Asperger's AS or ASD. I only heard one person refer to herself as an Aspie.