Annoyed that Asperger myth spreads faster than fact?

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I hate the genius stuff and all the math stuff and mechanical stuff about us. Makes us look like we are all geeks. Especially with computers.

Sadly, it seems that myths, fabrications, half-truths, falsehoods, inaccuracies, and overly simplistic ideas about almost anything (including but not limited to ASD's) travel & stick in people's minds much more than the complex multifaceted versions of "true reality".

For instance, a media headline will say all sorts of sensational things in huge front page typeface-any correction to the story will appear on back page in tiny print. Which do you think will get more attention/notice ?

It's just so much "easier" (for a brain confronted with constant complexity & difficult to resolve/integrate information) to believe wrong things. Takes much more effort & constant checking to try to remain faithful to how things really are in the here & now, for each individual person (rather than indulging in a blanket/broad generalization for all people at all times).

"Actions speak louder than words, but the latter travels much, much faster."

:/

The only one that annoys me is that AS is a "trendy" diagnosis, kinda like ADHD in younger kids. The few people that don't say "huh?" when I tell them I'm AS are like "oh, that?". Anyone who knows me who actually takes the time to read a little about it is always struck by how close I am to the description, but most people don't take the time.

I think maybe the false pity is the worst part.
When someone noticed something different about me and I had to explain Aspergers before; that was bearable if uncomfortable.
Now, though, if I tell someone, I also have to try and convince them that what they think they already know is wrong.
FOr the last time, Aspergers is not a "social disease"! Poverty is a social disease; where do people get off labelling Aspergers as such? Or as a disease of any form? It's not as if it could be cured - at least, not without essentially destroying us.

The vaccination one does my HEAD in. There have been SO many studies finding no link, the medical community has officially ruled it out, but you get these smart mouthed parents who INSIST black and blue that vaccination made their kid autistic. They go around making up false studies and all kinds of crap. They are so stupid and what gets me is how they are obsessed with looking for blame instead of accepting their children. Idiots.

And yes I hate the assumption that we are geniuses...cos I'm certainly not

peoples ignorance will only be dissapated when we get out there and speak for ourselves
show them our side of things and not let just autism speaks(or others like them) say they know about autism.

Another one; this new generation of neurotypical children given the Asperger diagnoses by parents looking for an excuse for bad behaviour.
My younger brother had a customer in the store he works at make an excuse for her childs behaviour. Verbatim; "His Autism's getting worse."
Wow. I had no idea it was progessive-degenerative. Who knew?
Apparently this bogan b***h.
My older brother is Autistic; so my younger brother has enough experience to know what behaviours qualify. Running around, swearing, screaming and throwing things isn't. That's just a bogan brat.

For our American friends; think of bogan as redneck-whitetrash-imbecile. Illiterate, uneducated, ugly, racist simpletones.

That we have no empathy. I have a lot of empathy for other people who are dealing with real problems and emotional turmoil. The type of empathy that I don't have, is if a woman has a pimple or breaks a fingernail, or if a young man gets mocked, because he's not wearing the right brand of ball style cap. I do feel empathy, but for the right reasons.

If i had to choose between myths, I would pick the "god made you the way you are, so it would be a sin to try and change that" people over the

"MERCURY!MERCURY!CHELATION!"

people ANY day.