Are you embarrassed or ashamed about having Asperger's?

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No, I'm not.

What would you define as "a life"?

I believe I have a life. It isn't the same life that a neurotypical person would have, but that doesn't make it inferior in my eyes.
Some other people might think it is, but I'm the one living it, so it's my opinion that counts.

*edit* To answer the OP, no, I am not embarrassed or ashamed. I do not believe that disability is a cause for shame.

IDK about ashamed or embarrassed, but I do have negative feelings about having this condition.

That bad it caused FAR outweighs the good.

A life, as in not staying at home every night and weekend; trying to convince myself that video games and TV somehow substitute's for having fun with friends and feeling accepted by others. Instead of getting the cold shoulder by my peers, simply because of my quirks... or not being able to pick up on subtle body language.

Exactly how I feel.

People don't need to know I've got Aspergers to treat me like crap - many do it automatically as I must come across as vulnerable/dislikeable, so telling them I've got Aspergers is neither here nor there as the judgemental ones will already have made their judgement.

It does tend to shield me from a lot of unpleasant people though as these types seem to hate me on sight anyway so we both know where we stand immediately! lol

People who fit NT expectations better than me have a more tricky time in my opinion as they can often be in constant fear of not keeping their NT act up sufficiently whereas I'm able to just be me more or less. My NT 'act' is trying to be polite, not show too much knowledge or intelligence and to keep a low profile oh and to try my best not to tell them to f-off when they annoy me too much but this is very hard when I'm too stressed.

No way, Aspergers made me what I am, as far as I know if I didn't have it I would be pretty much talentless and boring.
And to all those people who are ashamed, don't be, you're gifted.

Sounds about right.

I'm embarrassed and ashamed.

First, I don't know if I have AS; I just share a fair number of traits. Second, if I did get a diagnosis I would probably tell one friend and then maybe my sister (parents already suspect). Other than that I wouldn't mention it at all. Same reasons as Fnord described.

I am not ashamed, and I am not embarrassed about having Asperger's. Although there are challenges with autism (but everyone has challenges on this earth), I embrace Asperger's for the gifts and talents it has given to me.

No. But I wish I didn't have it, although seeing how NTs behave I wouldn't want to be like that either, perhaps the answer is tolerance from the world to people with AS.

Amen.

I'm not.
I tell people when I'm working on autism or when they are.
especially when it comes to my children's school.
It helps my children, the other parents and children as well.

no, because I don't asperger. I have pddnos. and Im not ashamed of that.

I don't have an effective way of communicating this to onlookers, toward a useful end.

I believe that showing weakness tends to be a social liability but appreciate knowing my own mind.

I see a symptom, in my life, and do not worry, I suppose, for no other reason than it has a name and is not assumed to be dangerous.

No not really.