Asperger's syndrom 'Fashionable' ?!

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They should have a catigory thats "suspecting aspergers" or "suspecting autism"

I want a new one - "peer-diagnosed". It's more definite than all the rest.

Back in the 90's, the DX of Bipolar Disorder was all the rage. And before that, it was Multiple Personality Disorder. When I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, I had a friend who actually said that she envied me, because she considered it more interesting than plain old Depression! Now I get NTs wondering out loud if they have AS. Just why this is seen to be an advantage, I don't understand at all. Maybe we should have something like in the beginning of that movie, It's A Wonderful Life , where the angel gets to see George Baily's life up until the present. Then they can see how fun it is to have AS and not know it.

I actually have never personally talked to anyone in real life who even knew what AS is, let alone know anyone I think would want anyone else to think they have it. I am, however, noticing a trend in informed people on the internet to accuse AS of being a trend. I wonder, where does this hypothesis even come from, and how can it possibly have been made into a fact?

I can see how a nerdy, shy person could hear about it and perhaps be a little premature in deciding if that's it. But taking the next step in really learning about it seems inevitable. After that it takes some courage and honesty to not reject it all together as a possibility. The criteria is hardly flattering. The name is definitly unflattering. Awareness is not making AS into a trend, it's just making people aware that they have it, when they otherwise wouldn't have known. IMO.

These assumptions about AS being a trend are based on imagination alone, speculations at best. What's more, they're counterproductive. BTW, let me know when they build an AS store in the mall next to Hot Topic. I know a kid that I think is also aspie that could use a pair of wedgie proof underwear. He's just so popular the other kids always seem to want to know what kind of underwear he's wearing so they can copy him.

hurm... i guess there is something to it. looking at my close friend circle, people all have more or less spectrumish features - i guess thats why its called a spectrum nowadays. and there sure is more places on the entry steps of that spectrum than only aspergers.
what i want to say is that there probably are quite a share of people who are sitting somewhere on the very entry steps of the autistic spectrum. now that aspergers gets at least some media coverage, i can see how many associate "autistic" traits they find within themselves with aspergers, lacking a better definition of the place they are at.

just as finding out about the possibility of bipolar disorder made everyone see traces of bipolarity as a concept within themselves... it gave them a name to put with an observation.

Whatever is so awesome about any disorder... oh well. I don't need to get it.

People say this in real life too. There's lots on AS and autism right now in TV and magazines. Where I live, it's not yet enough to alert those who don't know a thing about ASDs, but already enough to drive autism therapist and professionals into complaining.

I don't like fashion, and if I could, I'd selflessly donate my ASD to those in need.

Yeah..I've heard of this....of people self diagnosing or saying that they have it just cuz they are shy or nerds/geeks....I've seen it alot in the furry fandom. ><