Aspie As The New Cool Term

Page 2 of 7 [ 104 posts ] Go to page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 7 Next

Previous topic | Next topic

Moostar
Snowy Owl

Joined: 12 Apr 2014
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Posts: 150

26 Apr 2016, 1:41 pm

LupaLuna wrote:

spinelli wrote:

Every socially awkward person appears to seek this term for themselves it seems to me.

You have a cadre of people calling themselves "aspies".....this is a lot like the ADD craze.

I guess that if Asperger's is the next socially cool thing. Then we should enjoy this moment, while it last. Because, just like any fad/trend, it won't last forever. On the contrary, I really don't like it when these things happen. It's like all of a sudden, a new trend come along that make it cool to get around using wheel chairs instead of walking and everybody buys a wheel chair, because it now the cool thing to do. How do you think that all the paraplegics out there, who really need a wheel chair. Would think about this?

When I read stuff about this. It makes me think about how much some people can just act like sheep. Not wanting to sit back and really think about the context. Some people can be native. :lol:

skibum
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 18 Jul 2013
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Posts: 8,498
Location: my own little world

26 Apr 2016, 1:43 pm

Moostar wrote:

Some people can be native. :lol:

Don't understand what you mean. Did you mean to say "native" or "naive"?

_________________
"I'm bad and that's good. I'll never be good and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me."

Wreck It Ralph

kraftiekortie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 4 Feb 2014
Gender: Male
Posts: 87,510
Location: Queens, NYC

26 Apr 2016, 1:45 pm

I'm at least 99 percent sure he meant "naïve".

skibum
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 18 Jul 2013
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Posts: 8,498
Location: my own little world

26 Apr 2016, 1:53 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

I'm at least 99 percent sure he meant "naïve".

I thought he might have but then I figured maybe he was saying something that I just had not understood so I figured I would ask. And I think my husband has been to the Delaware water gap but I don't think I have.

_________________
"I'm bad and that's good. I'll never be good and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me."

Wreck It Ralph

spinelli
Toucan
Toucan

Joined: 25 Apr 2016
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Posts: 272
Location: United States

26 Apr 2016, 2:33 pm

I merely stated my thoughts on it. Whether you agree with me or not....I don't care. Enjoy

ladyelaine
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 26 Apr 2016
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,164
Location: surrounded by cats

26 Apr 2016, 3:08 pm

I don't like it much either. People who really have autism have a harder time getting a diagnosis because it is the new trendy diagnosis. Doctors won't take you seriously when you really do have autism.

League_Girl
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 4 Feb 2010
Gender: Female
Posts: 27,318
Location: Pacific Northwest

26 Apr 2016, 3:21 pm

It seems like it's so easy to get the diagnoses when you do have it.

_________________
Son: Diagnosed w/anxiety and ADHD. Also academic delayed and ASD lv 1.

Daughter: NT, no diagnoses. Possibly OCD. Is very private about herself.

spinelli
Toucan
Toucan

Joined: 25 Apr 2016
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Posts: 272
Location: United States

26 Apr 2016, 3:28 pm

Hey to that Lady Elaine. My daughters have it and struggle.

ASPartOfMe
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Aug 2013
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 39,637
Location: Long Island, New York

26 Apr 2016, 3:31 pm

it does not matter if it is really trendy. The problem is a hell of a lot of people think it is.

In my area the big thing people think is trendy is oxycodone and other opiates. At least one article per day in the local paper about the opiate abuse epidermic. Whether abuse is really that much more then 10 years ago does not matter, like autism diagnosis, oxycodone is percieved to be handed out like candy, people who really need it have a tough time getting it or can not get it. Guilty until proven otherwise if you can.

_________________
“Self Acceptance is a process not a performance”
“You are autistic enough. And you always have been”

Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.

CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 121,605
Location: In my own little country

26 Apr 2016, 3:40 pm

It will be interesting to see how long that lasts for.

_________________
The Family Schlager

ladyelaine
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 26 Apr 2016
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,164
Location: surrounded by cats

26 Apr 2016, 3:43 pm

What's up Spinelli? My sister and I are on the spectrum. So are our parents.

spinelli
Toucan
Toucan

Joined: 25 Apr 2016
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Posts: 272
Location: United States

26 Apr 2016, 3:44 pm

LOL I ignore the shirts too.....probably worn by losers who could never get a date.

spinelli
Toucan
Toucan

Joined: 25 Apr 2016
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Posts: 272
Location: United States

26 Apr 2016, 3:46 pm

Wow you must have a lot of support at home.☺

ASPartOfMe
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 25 Aug 2013
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 39,637
Location: Long Island, New York

26 Apr 2016, 3:49 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

I've never actually heard the term used outside of WrongPlanet.

Autism is such a distant thing, and a source of fear; there are people who still have a vague notion that autism is caused by vaccines.

I have seen aspie used often in articles about autism in the mainstream media. Two different books on the history of autism have made the New York Times best seller list in the last year. While misunderstandings abound, Autism is not a niche interest anymore.

Last edited by ASPartOfMe on 26 Apr 2016, 3:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.

spinelli
Toucan
Toucan

Joined: 25 Apr 2016
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Posts: 272
Location: United States

26 Apr 2016, 3:53 pm

Niche interest about covers it. Now you have overkill. A$$hole guys have a new excuse to be jerks. Some even drag this crap into family court explaining their abhorrent behavior with a asd dx. Charming isn't it ?

StarTrekker
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 22 Apr 2012
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,088
Location: Starship Voyager, somewhere in the Delta quadrant

26 Apr 2016, 3:55 pm

I have a T-shirt that reads, "I have Asperger's, what's your super power?" It's mostly my attempt at raising awareness and prompting people to ask me about it, so I can give them accurate information in an attempt to curb the apparently popular new idea that AS is "cool" or "trendy", an idea most frequently held by those who don't actually have a clue what real autism is.

_________________
"Survival is insufficient" - Seven of Nine
Diagnosed with ASD level 1 on the 10th of April, 2014
Rediagnosed with ASD level 2 on the 4th of May, 2019
Thanks to Olympiadis for my fantastic avatar!

Page 2 of 7 [ 104 posts ] Go to page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 7 Next

Jump to:

Aspie As The New Cool Term Post Reply New Topic

Aspie As The New Cool Term