Orwell wrote:
I don't think Asperger's is common enough or well-known enough to become a "fad." And besides, I have no interest in witch-hunting for the "fake" Aspies. McCarthy is dead, let's leave it that way.
I had finished writing a post to start a new topic that basically said this. Since it has already been said, I'll just post what I had written here instead.
These are the internets. Even if you have a PhD and years of focused training specifically having to do with AS, attempting to "diagnose" someone based upon message board posts would be an absurd proposition.
Does everyone here accurately identify where they "fit?" (In terms of AS, NT, HFA, autistic, etc) No, most likely not. Is this an issue? Not unless someone acts as if they speak for everyone in a "group" that they don't actually belong to, or acts as if their experience is a perfect example of how everyone else in said group will experience things. (Though it should be noted that even if said individual
was in the group they are claiming membership with, to act as if one's own experience is
the example is just as asinine.) Though there may be shared similarities, to suggest that any two people are the "same" simply because they are or are not AS or NT (or otherwise) is ridiculous.
There's no point in suggesting that anyone here does / doesn't have _____, or is / isn't _______, save trying to damage their credibility.