Does anyone take offense to the wikipedia artcle for "Personality Disorder"? here is a direct quote
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"an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it"
we as people w/aspergers do not generally conform to our cultural expectations. it is a "disorder" to think differently? why are we the disordered ones? I propose a "new" disorder"
Conformist Disorder: a pattern of behavior that strips an individual of his individuality and compels him to do what everyone else is doing, regardless of his own desires or needs.
There is diverse thought in just about every field. lets look at Christianity (without opening up a new can of worms) there are over 5000 denominations who believe in the same Jesus, yet each one of them has a slightly different thought process. We dont have "Baptist Disorder" or "Catholicitis" or "Presbyterian Syndrome" we just have "brethren who worship differently"
I think that the NT world, in co-operation with "Autism Speaks" are trying to eradicate Autism and ASD's from existence with the ultimatum "Normalize yourself or we will "cure" you."
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