an person with asperger's syndrome

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i am curious...what would be the correct one?
[or in general which one would sound better]

i have heard of these but are there more?

personally i like "aspie"

autistic sounds like you have a desease "hey tha kid is autistic" doesnt sound good but "hey that kid is an aspie" sounds more respectfull by some reason

Undercover has a point.

Plus, you can explain to the ignorant masses what AS is.

Unfortunately, Autism has a lot of negative meaning.

People think autistics are ret*ds.

(sigh)

I chose aspie. I don't like to be called Autistic. It sounds a lot worse.

i agree with you all

I use autistic myself because people tend to know what that is but if you say Aspergers or Aspie, people don't have a clue what you are talking about. I use Aspie on this site because everyone knows what it means!

I call myself an Aspie.

i agree with you all

ASD

it can be fun to look at their reaction....

EDIT: I choose 'autistic' because aspergers is on the spectrum and easier to explain (if I do that)

I chose Aspie.

I call myself aspie.

Same here, i learned that a while back. With AS it's easyer to explain it from a more blank opinion.

I don't want to call myself 'aspie', because I associate a very typical person with AS who actually fits the criteria neatly with that term.A little professor or somebody with a super special interest. That's just my personal association.

It also feels absolutely belittling if I am called that. Maybe because of the S and P? So far, I reprimanded all people trying to call me that.

Aspergian isn't a word for all I know. Sounds like an island or a strange flavour. Or a bacterium or something.

Autistic is correct for me anyway. I can accept autie. I love to say ASD!

"Human."

I say i have AS, aspie sounds like a pet name or something.
If someone were to ask if i were aspie i would go along with it as it doesnt realy bother me too much.