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Are we as Aspies/Aspie-comorbids becoming cool?
Yes 19%  19%  [ 6 ]
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No 31%  31%  [ 10 ]
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19 Sep 2005, 6:11 pm

I was called a "geek", among other things, in middle school but it was because of the others' limited world view, not because I really was nerdy. As for sci-fi, the only show I'm a big fan of is Stargate-SG1. Star Trek just annoys the heck out of me. I didn't get my own computer until last year so I'm still new to even the basic stuff much less writing code.


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20 Sep 2005, 7:04 am

MishLuvsHer2Boys wrote:

I think it means an Aspie with OCD/ADHD/ADD, etc.


That would make more sense that AS being co-morbid with something else, at least to me.


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20 Sep 2005, 8:35 am

DeepThought wrote:
MishLuvsHer2Boys wrote:

I think it means an Aspie with OCD/ADHD/ADD, etc.


That would make more sense that AS being co-morbid with something else, at least to me.

I think NYAspie meant anyone with a condition commonly co-occurring or etiologically linked with Asperger's syndrome when he wrote "Aspie-comorbids," but then again who knows.

That is, he meant to ask whether people who have Asperger's syndrome or a similar neurological condition like autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are becoming cooler for having any of these psychiatric diagnoses now. The whole question is absurd, I think, especially since, in his original post, NYAspie changes the question from one of psychiatric diagnosis to one of geekiness.



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20 Sep 2005, 3:16 pm

nirrti_rachelle wrote:
I was called a "geek", among other things, in middle school but it was because of the others' limited world view


Yep. Some people think that anyone who can read is a geek. Which is close to how I'm using the label - I've only seen one Star Trek film, and I didn't think it was that good...


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