Asperger's is not real

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Society is f*cked up.

I agree. Here at WP, I found the idea that AS might be a kind of personality, not a disability. The disability comes from intolerance and rejection and bullying and scapegoating. In my case, the 10,000 people at WP give me solid ground to stand on while I buttress my self-esteem, learn social skills, and grow the courage to use them. You and I aren't in the same experience, but given time we may well arrive, by our different routes, at the same place.

I do have a problem with the label, but the website is great.

I long ago came to terms with being myself. It is the same as everyone does, my way is right for me.

I am not damaging the world, unless it comes within arms length. Within that small space the world runs by my rules. I have been insulted, threatened, had many things stolen, from people who claimed there was something wrong with me.

Humans do not need anymore excuses to be as they are. If you think it is open season on me, I call that an error of judgment.

I have Godlike Perfection Syndrome, GPS, I can deny you entry to heaven, and cast you into hell.

It is what I learned to survive. If kindness and understanding had worked, I would use it, but it didn't.

I am the proof of, "Let sleeping dogs lie."

Yeh, have a look at 'I need to and other amusing NT disasters'

You know what, lots of things are labels.

'Hello. My name is Sighold. I can see a tree.' Just a random setence. Now, let's see what happens if we remove the labels.

'Hello. My name is. I can see a.' The setence doesn't make any sense.

Let's try another.
The classical typing setence will suffice.

ORIGINAL
The quick brown dog jumps over the lazy fox.

DELABELED.
The jumps over the.

Again, it makes no sense. Need I continue?

If you thought you were just some quirky artist then it's unlikely you would have sought a diagnosis. Something would have driven you to do that. If you got the diagnosis, fixated on it then rejected it because you preferred the quirky artist that you were, then it's just a personal choice. Yes, many therapists try to find things that fit the AS norm instead of you personally. It's a spectrum and they probably aren't going to know all the possible combinations that can make that up. I think that would be a given. I don't think it would be very realistic to expect otherwise. They're just doing the best they can to help as many as they can. If that doesn't work for you, but being the quirky artist does, then be the quirky artist.

If you understand we're all personalities in addition to AS, then you understand we have different needs as a result. Some fulfull those needs by being part of a group. That's the needs of their personality. It's not the need of yours. It's that simple and it's nothing to get excited about. They are different than you, but then so are we all. That's what gives you artist material. Otherwise, art would be boring.

Maybe the brain scans don't show up Aspergers because it sees the different wiring to be "normal", meaning that the brain has no malfunctions etc. The same thing happened to me with the brain scans, but I wouldn't say AS doesn't exist... or that I don't have AS, because I clearly do.

I agree with you. Autism/Asperger's is a spectrum condition. There are differing degrees of ability and disability on this spectrum. I am in between NT and Asperger's, according to my online testing scores. I am very competent in my job, but I do have some social difficulties. They are comparatively mild, but still embarrassing to me.