What makes you proud to be an aspie?

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I didn't win a certain big part of my body but as a male, I'm bloody proud of it and damn glad I've got it, as have the women who have known me. Just because you didn't "win" certain attributes about yourself certainly doesn't mean you can't be proud of or happy with them.

I didn't win my lovely deep baritone singing voice either but I'm damn proud of it and it brings many many people joy.

There are a ton of things I like about myself, some of which are because I've got AS. Your logic is flawed.

it doesn't hurt when i walk outside barefoot in the snow

There is no point being proud about something I was born with.

That being said, I love being able to break social expectations I'm a way that doesn't hurt my standing in any significant way.

I can do bad stuff in school and blame it on my Aspergers

I won't get you off trolling on WP though.

That's actually a terrible thing to do. There exist this prevalent image of people with AS as jerks who expect other people to allow them to be jerks because they have AS; that image makes it much harder for people who make honest mistakes while trying to fit in. There is a big difference between appearing as a jerk because you don't know better, and being a jerk because you can. If you are aware of your acts and their consequences, you are fully responsible for them.

For years, despite my achievements and very high intelligence, I wasn't proud of myself because I always felt defective/odd/strange/unable to get along with my peers/lonely. I would make one social faux pas after another and come away feeling like I couldn't get my act together.
Once I got my diagnosis, I feel my life suddenly makes sense -- the good and the bad -- and now I have given myself the permission to be proud of myself. That's the pride I feel. Moreover, I now have a precise plan to help me work on my deficiencies.
I have hope now and believe in myself, and that is a good kind of pride.

I was joking

my integrity. my compassion. my individuality. my intense loyalty to loved ones, my creativity, that wild animals come up to me and snuggle, my acceptance of others, the fact that at nearly 60 years old that I can get as excited as any child about something I find fascinating or wonderful.that I do not judge others by their appearance but by their character.

That I was born in April....no wait, that's not anything to do with being an Aspie. So, no, nothing about Asperger's makes me proud to be an Aspie.

There are plenty of good things. But life is hard for many of us, and it feels good to just vent. And sometimes, we NEED to just vent, when things get too much.

But yes, are some good things to being on the spectrum....

For me, the main one has always been a near complete immunity to peer pressure, fashion, the latest trends, and that dreaded wave of mass stupidity - group think.

I don't get what others call collective consciousness, and suspect that I never will get it. And that's fine. Group think takes many forms - some good, but others bad. The bad includes people ganging up on someone even when they have no opinion on the matter; they seem to do it "because everyone else is doing it". So does that mean that acting in a mindless way just to conform is somehow admirable? I think it is responsible for a lot of stupidity, and sometimes even lives are lost to it (think about gang violence or genocides). For arguments' sake, if everyone thought as a rational individual, there probably could never be any gangs or other movements that suppress the rights or lives of others.

Anyway, I don't want to go so far as to gloat - just felt like posting something that looked at the good sides to having a mind on the spectrum. There are good things, and it's a great idea to keep that in mind from day to day in life.

but is it even a disability?
because i dont even feel disable. i'm proud of being smart, of the fact that animals like me better than most people, of the fact that i'm special. my niece says it makes me more interesting. i love that faraway look in aspie eyes, and i know i have it. it makes me independent, without the nt's need for constant company, which i see as a weakness.

For me, I'm proud to be in control of my own mind.

I don't mimic people. I don't have to be around people. I don't need people in my life to be happy. I'm not swayed by crowds (crowd thoughts). In lectures, if I disagree with the teacher, I will disagree.

I'm not prone to; conform, mimic, play nice, be polite, fit in, be politicaly correct, be friends or friendly.

I will be nice to whome I choose, and ignore whome I choose. I am not compelled to be nice becuase they might get upset. In fact, I don't care if they get upset. Their upset is theirs, and it remains theirs. Their upset is not my problem.


All that and my intense ability to focus on projects, and my ability to absorb information from books.

My strong need for integrity.

Being aspie instead of NT is equal to being a cat instead of a dog - there is nothing innately more right about being NT compared to aspie.

The only reason why aspies are socially disabled is because NTs are in majority. Were the numbers switched, you'd see NTs having the social problems. They'd crave attention, but noone would be willing to give it to them in sufficient amounts.

Last edited by qawer on 08 Nov 2013, 4:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I've been reading my fellow WP members opinions on this one.

Keep in mind many of the things you are proud of have nothing to do with autism

Fair number of attribution errors