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07 Oct 2010, 10:29 am

hartzofspace wrote:
I thought it was happening already. I have lost count of how many times I have tried to discuss my issues with an NT, only to hear, "Oh, I wonder if I am on the spectrum. I get like that, too!" Or, if a friend of theirs acts in any way eccentric, they eagerly try to plaster on the label of AS or Autism, to explain away the quirks. :roll:


I had one female friend tell me she thought she might have mild AS because she 'doesn't understand why sometimes people get so emotional over minor stuff'...

I think that speaks for itself.


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07 Oct 2010, 1:46 pm

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This could be the very first limerick suggesting a yearning for an autistic condition....remember I said it first.

I could have been one, and I could have been free,
But nature played this trick on me,
Group consciousness forever rides my ass,
I'm competing in life, like a car always trying to pass
Oh woe is me if only I was diagnosed with AS.

:lol: Priceless!


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07 Oct 2010, 2:19 pm

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It won't ever happen. That's not how normal people work. If it does, people will only be envious of the really smart Asperger's type because of the careers they can obtain in technology, and even then regular people can do these jobs as well.


Kind of like Bill Gates and Donald Trump. They both have money but Gates has a form of AS while Trump is just another rich NT.


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07 Oct 2010, 2:22 pm

Surfman wrote:
I thought we could take bets on when some NT's become envious of AS, and wish they were AS. 2014 is my guess year.

I'm guessing this wont be far away, that as/if awareness of AS increases, and that when/if more HFA's fly the flag with pride then some NT people will want to get off the NT bus and ride with us. Hell, a landslide of wannabe AS DX's could happen if NT's keep screwing things up.....

Revenge of the nerds!

Keep up the good work everyone, stay positive and help AS kids be proud of themselves. :D


There already are. I've seen webpages about how anyone can become an Aspie etc, you can probably find one on Facebook if you search it.



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08 Oct 2010, 9:29 am

Is this a serious post? While having very little empathy can be good sometimes and I can make people laugh at the way I just come out with stuff, but life is so difficult in so many ways. I often miss why people with AS often act like they are better then people without NS. I know very intelligent, bright people, who are down to earth, funny and themselves who are not AS what so ever. To be honest, I find there is a whole feeling amung people with AS that they are different from everyone else, but in reality they are often as same as each other, just not the same as people with NT.



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08 Oct 2010, 1:34 pm

Since NT's do not realize how difficult Aspies' social deficits can make things, and are not aware of the many other issues common to AS, I predict that NT's will start to want to be Aspies when they see people with Aspie traits making tons of money doing things which NT's typically find difficult. :nerdy:

I'd predict about 1998 or so. :lol: