Asperger's independance from Autism.

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I have no negative feelings whatsoever and can identify, at least to some extent, with the issues lower functioning autistics face.

As a matter of fact, I first recognized that my family was right in thinking I was on the spectrum and sought an evaluation after being able to relate to a low functioning autistic man.

I feel there are two different issues going on here, one is that you have had some really bad experiences with autism groups. I think as ASPartofme said they are organised by parents of autistic children. I think it's very possible they resent you. They possibly think if their children were like you then they wouldn't have any REAL problems. Just as they are misdirecting their anger onto you, you are misdirecting it onto autism. Those groups are not run by people who are autistic so autistics are not responsible for the way they are run. All types of people behave like s**ts if their allowed to get away with it.

The second issue is there is no (or very little) help for those of us who appear normal but have problems. There are 111 groups in my area for autism, none are for me. This sight is my support. I strongly recommend that instead of joining it with the attempt to divide it, you use being here as an opportunity to get to know people from all over the spectrum in the kind of environment that you were probably hoping to get from those autism groups.

Support for all areas of autism needs to be improved, outside of those things being dominated by autism parents.

Come on, Lavender. Please don't be upset with us.

You presented an idea, and some people didn't agree with it.

I don't exactly agree with it, either. Asperger's is a form of autism. My life history is an example of why. So is the kid in the book "Elijah's Cup."

I hope you don't go away. I hope you stay with us, and communicate with us. That's how people learn.

To run away----would not be good for anybody. I'm sorry you felt attacked. But people who are autistic felt like they were being put down when you said that Asperger's should be separate from autism. If it was separate, then I would agree with you. But I don't believe it's separate. I believe Asperger's is part of the autistic spectrum.

It doesn't mean you're a bad person or anything. It just means you have a different opinion than some of us.

People should be able to present controversial or unpopular opinions here without automatically having vitriol spewed at them.