Koi wrote:
I hate that with such a passion it's difficult to describe.
So many people have done that. One of my best friends said, "You know, rethinking it, I don't think you have it because my brother is the poster-child of a kid with Asperger's."
Then when I told another friend, she simply said to me, "That's bullsh*t!" and walked away. When I asked her later, she said it's simply because she knows someone else who has it more severe and therefore shows it more than I do.
Now that's BS.
The ignorance is astounding. People don't seem to realize that it's a spectrum disorder. Also, it's kind of like saying, "I know you more than you know you." Don't you think?
It says two things to me:
* People who say it are also generally the type to think they/their families is where the world starts and ends, from my experience.
* Therefore, you're not even entitled to your own complex personality and individual experience, because THEY have something going on in their lives which they need to tell you about instantly.
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