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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Why do people just not get what aspergers is?

bishopzero
Posted: 20 Jun 2011, 10:50 pm 

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I always joke that the conversations tend to go like this:

FRIEND: Your behaviour is very odd. Why do you do that?

ME: I'm pretty sure it's Aspergers.

FRIEND: Don't be stupid -- there's nothing wrong with you!

I've learned to just roll with it :D

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Why do people just not get what aspergers is?

bishopzero
 Post subject: Either/or
Posted: 20 Jun 2011, 2:17 am 

Replies: 40
Views: 4,189
I think most typical people have a hard time grasping what Aspergers is because they see it as a mental illness, and they see mental illness as a binary -- you're either sick or you're not. Since most of us who are high-functioning don't seem all THAT different to them, they have trouble slotting us...
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