Thread: Hurtful word?
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Old Oct 11, 2013, 03:42 PM
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When people are trying to be hurtful I find they will usually say a**burgers. Though I have seen "aspergers" used in derogatory and mocking fashions.

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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee View Post
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.
This is how I feel too. Not specifically hurt though, more like annoyed if it happens. Aspergers is not my whole identity and I think some people (particularly professionals and school/work relations) have no idea how to see the person underneath once the label is applied. That's why I don't tell just anyone that aspergers is one of my many issues.
I am not aspergers, I am a person and aspergers is part of me.