Ever been accused of calling yourself an aspie to be trendy?

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Yeah, that happened to me once as a sort of an accusation by five people at the same time. I was very confused. I mean, why would I do that? I didn't even know Asperger's was a trend. Judging by the conversation, I think they managed to make some bizarre jumps from gender bender (that's pretty accurate) to Jeffree Star wannabe to trendy scene kid and then concluded that everything I do is to follow a trend. It gets weirder in that one of them claimed to have Asperger's himself. I'm actually none of those but the first one. I look nothing like Jeffree Star and I am definitely neither trendy nor a scene kid but whatever. Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone else has ever gotten this?

Nope, just that I was looking for sympathy or thinking I had it worse than I actually do.

No, my mom just accused me of being "unmotivated" (LAZY) and that I needed to "try harder to be normal" . It bothered me of course at first, but then it kinda reminded me of that scene from the show Buffy:
Buffy: Mom, I'm The Slayer.
Mom: Well...have you tried NOT being one?
And now it makes me laugh and roll my eyes.
So I just decided not to talk to her anymore about it.
In your case I would not talk to these people anymore. They sound like lame-os.

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I've seen that only on here, there are apparently some folks who believe people do that.

Same here. None of the few friends I told about it said anything of the sort, even though I'm a very social person.

Nope, I was diagnosed at the age of twelve and spent most of my late teens and early twenties in denial.

Same.

In real life, in my area at least, nobody would call it trendy for the simple fact that even though WE think there is a lot of awareness and such about it, nobody ever knows what it is, lol.

The most you get around here is "oh, you don't seem like it". *shrug* Can be annoying, but works for me-they aren't discounting it, just announcing that it never crossed their minds (as someone explained to me once).

The day I call myself "aspie" is the day I commit seppuku out of dishonor.

But ah, the people I know in person (only family) can see the labels I have easily enough.

I have never gotten this yet but I was accused of defining myself by the label because I was calling myself aspiesexual.

Ha, my mother sure wishes I was more trendy...

People call me nerdy or geeky, as they have all my life, and I really dont think that is a trend. I don't think most people know the term "aspie" anyway.

I am undiagnosed, but I'm worried my partner might say something like this which is why I am not sharing with her that I suspect that have AS until I get a diagnosis.

it's the 'cool' new bully thing, don't ya' know? Just a new way to bully.

Merle

No, I never talk about it with anyone except here and one other person who knows I have this.

Whenever I've seen Aspergers denial, it's always seemed to come down to the denier thinking that the presumed Aspie is going to try to use the diagnosis as an excuse for past or future behavior. I've seen this on a number of occasions second hand, usually coming from the family of a self diagnosed or suspected Aspie. This often leads to a fixation by the Aspie to get properlay diagnosed, and the implied idea that once their condition has been "legitimized" that the deniers will HAVE to take their autism into account regarding past problems. I've found that making extremely clear that the diagnosis is only part of a process of self discovery and not going to be used as a sort of get out of jail free card for misbehavior can go a long way in quashing this kind of thing.