Do you like being labeled an aspie?

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I do! Unfortunately, normals do not understand definitions! Aspie=being objective and not concerned with social cues that make everyone (aspie and unaspie alike) inauthenic.

I'd rather be called that than "autistic".

How about awe-tistic? I feel your pain! I worked for autistic individuals.(clients) I always felt like the house n****r. I "taught" them. But I could not escape the feeling that I was benefiting by turning on my bros! Thinking that in some way they were inferior to me. You get an extra $1 an hour for working with autistic people!

I would rather be called autistic.

Compared to the other labels, "Aspie" is not offensive.

Then again, I've not come out as an Aspie to anyone who knows me in the real world.

Why yes, yes I do.

I’d say the fewer people who know, the better.

I'd rather be labeled autistic than stuck up @$$hole. I only mention it if I'm having bad coping problems though, which isn't often. It doesn't define me, but I don't find it offensive either.

I have no objections to being labelled an Aspie.

i'm not sure i care much either way. i don't mind it.

Labels should serve people and not the other way around, and many labels seem to be held onto out of a sense of misplaced pride. "Aspie" describes something I've had to meet head-on to reach for what I want and define myself by in life, but is very little of who I actually am.

I dont actually mind, diagnosed with Aspergers, dont mind it being referred to as Autism, Autistic, Aspergers, Aspie etc, what ever one of those words helps get the point across to whom ever im talking to at the time.

I've been avoiding using that word for some reason. I can think of a reason for that, but I'd rather not say it.