Aspies are not all the same
We vary from wild to tame
And not all are wishin’
To end the condition-
But couldn’t we PLEASE change the name?

–By Serissa

Read on for the place winners!

A big thanks to all the people who submitted! The many good limericks made judging this competition difficult. The following three won out based on humor, originality, and good rhyme. Enjoy!

FIRST PLACE:
(Winner of the autographed copy of Animals in Translation by Dr Temple Grandin)

Aspies are not all the same
We vary from wild to tame
And not all are wishin’
To end the condition-
But couldn’t we PLEASE change the name?

–By Serissa

SECOND PLACE:

So I’m one “With my head in the clouds”
An outsider whom stigma enshrouds
I’ll opt for my mind
And be one of a kind:
Better that than “The madness of crowds.”

–By Emettman

THIRD PLACE:

There once was an Autie named Jim
Who’d sit around all day and stim
Rocking and flapping
And random hand clapping
Seemed perfectly normal to him!

–By AegNuddel

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Submit your limericks relating to AS and autism. First place will receive an autographed copy of Animals in Translation by world-famous autistic author Dr Temple Grandin. The top three will be published in “Dear Aspie”!

Read on for details!
For a limerick to be considered, it has to relate somehow to Asperger Syndrome or autism in general.

Send up to three limericks by Personal Message to GroovyDruid, or e-mail them to dearaspie@wrongplanet.net, and be sure to include your exact user name. The contest will end in about a week.

Since we are a website for all ages, please refrain from profane or obscene language or particularly bawdy content in your limericks. (We can’t publish them, even if they’re great.)

Here’s an example of what a limerick would sound like:

There once was an aspie named Nate,
Who decided he’d go on a date.
But she took him out shopping,
And talked without stopping,
As he trailed behind cursing his fate!

Good luck to all!

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