What do you call it?

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What do you call what you have and why? What do you tell people who ask?

I just tell them my brain runs far ahead of my mouth.

I tell them I have NVLD - that's what I was officially diagnosed with. I've not been professionally tested for AS yet. The first option on this poll (Asperger's) is what I use when discussing this topic. I pronounce it as oz-burgers - not the common pronunciation. I believe it sounds better this way, and is less likely to be misinterpreted.

Oh, and no one has ever actually asked me if I have a disorder.

duh..

im plain autistic...

MFA-HFA combo...

more on the classic autism end of things.

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When in doubt, ask an autistic. Chances are, they're obsessed with what you need to know.

Autism Speaks will NEVER speak for me

CLASSIC AUTISM

Other, I am not like anything here or anywhere else, there is one of me per planet, or Universe.

They can't make up their minds what they mean anyhow.

When it does not work, they re-slice the pie, but they are blind.

This to shall fail.

Stick with MissPickwickian, it suits you and I like it.

MissPickwickian, caused by reading Dickens.

LF classical autism,autism or Autistic.
Autism does speaking for am,visually,am often have strangers stop am and ask staff/family if am autistic.
When getting a taxi,ring and ride etc. staff and family ask if they could turn radio off,because am Autistic or have autism,they rarely listen if they say something stupid like "she has aproblem with her ears,she doesn't like noise",
there was one lady who used to tell drivers that because she didn't like using the 'A' word in front of am.

I say high-functioning autism, because it doesn't provoke the giggles "Asperger's" does or the horrified disbelief of the stark "autism" alone.

Always called it Asperger's syndrom. Nobody seems to know what it is, and so it makes an excelent icebreaker when they ask me to explain what that is excatly.

I then explain that it is a mild form of autism, and which symptoms and traits I have. I find that when people have a reason for your slightly odd behaviour, then they become so much more understanding. It makes them stop wondering if I'm just crazy and want to wear their skin as a suit or something.

I pretty much never discuss it with anyone. I think thats probably healthy .

asp b er GERS

I say Asperger Syndrome (or, when speaking Swedish, Asperger Syndrom). Also, I don't have an official diagnosis as of today, so I tend to use terms such as "all signs point toward" (or their Swedish equivalents) and I only talk about it when I feel like I have to explain my behavior.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder, which is what I'm diagnosed with, though I have been referred to as "Asperger's" informally by the guy the diagnosed me.

I usually tell people, "I have Asperger's Syndrome, it's a mild form of autism". After that, they usually don't ask any further questions. Just the way I like it.

Asperger's disorder. It's what the DSM-IV says.

Asperger's Syndrome. If they ask what it is, I say that it is a form of high-functioning autism.