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04 Jul 2012, 3:31 am

My best and worst experience ever:

a**hole online: What kind of mental problems do you have?
Me: Asperger's
a**hole online: Oh god you are stupid (logs off)


Great way to scare them away. :wink:

Happened to me about three times and it's been years now since it has last happened. Now exactly how the conversation went but it went something like this.


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04 Jul 2012, 8:09 am

mmonroe wrote:
Worst, ignorant, and probably common reactions: "You don't have Asperger's...you're too normal to have Asperger's"


I've been told a few times I don't have Aspergers. I have never claimed to have it - I have just claimed (as have others) to have Autism. My diagnosis is Autistic Traits.



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04 Jul 2012, 9:30 am

mmonroe wrote:
Best reaction: My Mom said "I think your Dad must have had it too, because it describes him in many ways and you are so much like him". This meant a lot to me, because my Dad died when I was eight years old and I was always very close to him and related so much to him. Now I know why we had such a special bond. (Of course, I'm also very close to my Mom and she has many of the aspie traits as well, but to a lesser degree. Therefore, I may be the product of two aspies. I don't rule that out.)

Worst, ignorant, and probably common reactions: "You don't have Asperger's...you're too normal to have Asperger's" and "Everyone has a little bit of Asperger's in them".


I had that, I kind of knew they are right in saying that but it still irked me.



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04 Jul 2012, 9:32 am

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"Everyone has a little bit of Asperger's in them"


I hate hearing that. I think that is like hearing someone is suffering from severe depression and saying "everyone gets a little sad sometimes".



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04 Jul 2012, 9:48 am

hanyo wrote:
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"Everyone has a little bit of Asperger's in them"


I hate hearing that. I think that is like hearing someone is suffering from severe depression and saying "everyone gets a little sad sometimes".


I got "oh well, we're all a bit potty in one way or another, aren't we?" So glib :x .



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04 Jul 2012, 10:12 am

Bad
Being called dumb, stupid, lame, idiot and getting laughed at, which is the story of my f*****g life.

Good
Being told how talented I am when it comes to art.
Being praised for the way I operate heavy equipment.


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04 Jul 2012, 10:15 am

Dirtdigger wrote:
Bad
Being called dumb, stupid, lame, idiot and getting laughed at, which is the story of my f***ing life.

Good
Being told how talented I am when it comes to art.
Being praised for the way I operate heavy equipment.



Yeah, I forget moron.


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06 Jul 2012, 5:31 am

I made a claim for sickness benefit on Tuesday and had to state what my disabilities are. I said Autism and was asked what that was? :? I then said optic atrophy. Strangely, I wasn't asked what that was. (there are around 30,000 times more people in the UK with Autism than there are with OA.)