02 Apr 2010, 6:54 pm
I got inspired by some Facebook groups. I tried to have some humor, and the list is not meant to be taken entirely seriously.
1. We have the right to make fun of neurotypicals just because they’re neurotypical.
2. The Asperger’s pride logo is rainbow.
3. We can use exceptionally sophisticated vocabulary in daily conversation.
4. 1 in 10 people with autism have perfect pitch as opposed to the 1 in 10,000 of the general population.
5. Special interests allow us to acquire extreme amounts of knowledge on a subject even at a young age.
6. We are often sticklers for routine, so we can keep a routine.
7. Satoshi Tajiri, Albert Einstein, and Dan Akroyd all have or had it. Enough said.
8. We can have intellectual conversations that don’t involve sports or fashion.
9. We don’t care what people think of our interests as long as we find them interesting.
10. We have long memories.
11. A lot of us are great readers, mathematicians, and/or musicians.
12. Many of us are nerds and nerds are the most awesome people ever.
13. We’re often great writers (I can tell this is true by browsing the forum.
14. We don’t often waste our time with social games.
15. Aspies rule, NTs drool. 
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02 Apr 2010, 6:58 pm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9mVCHuU9Z8[/youtube] Perfect pitch indeed
16. We can get away with all sorts in school, coz we're like, special and s**t
02 Apr 2010, 7:05 pm
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02 Apr 2010, 7:26 pm
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02 Apr 2010, 7:28 pm
02 Apr 2010, 7:40 pm
And when they display a sense of humour and have belief in themselves they can sometimes even be sexy. 
02 Apr 2010, 7:50 pm
02 Apr 2010, 8:03 pm
1. We have the right to make fun of neurotypicals just because they’re neurotypical.
2. The Asperger’s pride logo is rainbow.
3. We can use exceptionally sophisticated vocabulary in daily conversation.
4. 1 in 10 people with autism have perfect pitch as opposed to the 1 in 10,000 of the general population.
5. Special interests allow us to acquire extreme amounts of knowledge on a subject even at a young age.
6. We are often sticklers for routine, so we can keep a routine.
7. Satoshi Tajiri, Albert Einstein, and Dan Akroyd all have or had it. Enough said.
8. We can have intellectual conversations that don’t involve sports or fashion.
9. We don’t care what people think of our interests as long as we find them interesting.
10. We have long memories.
11. A lot of us are great readers, mathematicians, and/or musicians.
12. Many of us are nerds and nerds are the most awesome people ever.
13. We’re often great writers (I can tell this is true by browsing the forum.
14. We don’t often waste our time with social games.
15. Aspies rule, NTs drool.
I'm sure glad it's not to be taken entirely seriously, because it's choked full of "positive" aspie stereotypes (which are as harmful as the negative ones IMO) myths, elitism, intellectual snobbery and speculation. In fact....I don't think it should be taken seriously at all.
With the kind of mentality implied (even if it IS tongue-in-cheek here....enough aspies truly believe the elitist crap) it's very easy to see how the formerly oppressed can become the oppressors.
I wonder who the "neurotypical" bullies would be if aspies magickally became the majority tomorrow?
4, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 13 don't apply to me in the least.
As far as I know....Akroyd is self-diagnosed and the evidence to suggest Einstein was an aspie is insufficient.
02 Apr 2010, 8:24 pm
Don't Forget, Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Thomas Jefferson, Isaac Newton and Henry Ford just to name a few others!!
02 Apr 2010, 10:08 pm
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02 Apr 2010, 10:40 pm
02 Apr 2010, 11:09 pm
1. We have the right to make fun of neurotypicals just because they’re neurotypical.
2. The Asperger’s pride logo is rainbow.
3. We can use exceptionally sophisticated vocabulary in daily conversation.
4. 1 in 10 people with autism have perfect pitch as opposed to the 1 in 10,000 of the general population.
5. Special interests allow us to acquire extreme amounts of knowledge on a subject even at a young age.
6. We are often sticklers for routine, so we can keep a routine.
7. Satoshi Tajiri, Albert Einstein, and Dan Akroyd all have or had it. Enough said.
8. We can have intellectual conversations that don’t involve sports or fashion.
9. We don’t care what people think of our interests as long as we find them interesting.
10. We have long memories.
11. A lot of us are great readers, mathematicians, and/or musicians.
12. Many of us are nerds and nerds are the most awesome people ever.
13. We’re often great writers (I can tell this is true by browsing the forum.
14. We don’t often waste our time with social games.
15. Aspies rule, NTs drool.
I can identify with pretty much everything in that list. I do enjoy being able to take part in intellectual conversations that are beyond the comprehension of others my age; and I take pride in my sophisticated vocabulary. I also love the way I can acquire vast amounts of knowledge on any particular topic that interests me.
As for #15, I haven't heard that phrase (insert noun here rules, insert other noun here drools) since the '90s.
02 Apr 2010, 11:33 pm
Im all about the #12
03 Apr 2010, 11:02 am
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