Are you embarrassed or ashamed about having Asperger's?

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Yeah at times I am but theres nothing I can do about it. I really am when I am having a meltdown or shutdown and people dont understand why also when I unintentionially annoy people with my repetition.

I'm not ashamed because "ashamed" implies I've done something wrong and it's my fault, and I know it's not my fault that I was born with AS.
However, it's a private issue and only close family members know. I wouldn't tell anyone else about it unless there's a very good reason for them to know. I don't like the idea of being labelled by people who are ignorant of the thing they are labelling.

If I didn't have AS, I wouldn't be spending my day off sobbing because the f*****s that run the bus company have changed all the bus-drivers and I can no longer see my favourite ones any more. I doubt if I were normal I wouldn't be this obsessed with a bus company, even if I was into it I still wouldn't be this obsessed and I would probably be able to move on and think of other things like my social life and all that.

God I wish I didn't have AS.

I am VERY embarrassed and ashamed that I try to pass for NT at work because it's bigger income than Social Security. I think I should have the integrity to not hide what I am and resign myself to living on the edge of starvation for the rest of my old age. But aspies are tread on as it is, let alone if you're an old, alone woman living in slums.

get'um

Seriously, we should all be proud of who we are, and what we each have achieved, be it because of Autism or in spite of it.

Of the Autism awareness t-shirts I've seen, my all time favorite is the one with a cat on the front and the caption "This is a cat, not a defective dog. It is very happy being a cat". This is the healthiest attitude we could have.

I still try to learn how to pass, but not because I'm ashamed of who I am. It is much like learning the language and culture of France if I was going to be working with/around French people.

I used to be. But not anymore.

I am who I am.

Not at all. I actually interact with customers in tough situations better than the NTs I work with.

I'm not embarassed or ashamed, but I don't like people I meet knowing I have Aspergers, as in the past people have treated me like a freak. I'd rather people not know because then I'd get treated like everyone else. People mostly can't tell I'm Autistic anyway, apart from when I'm extremely shy.