# People aren't Aspergers! They HAVE Asperger's! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288 "2011-06-13T04:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/21 "2011-06-13T15:09:18Z")
[Mayhem voice} I’m Asperger’s. I’m about to afflict the teen-age girl in the crosswalk. She won’t see you, because she’s thinking about lawn mower catalogs. And if you’ve got cut-rate car insurance, you could be paying for it. [/Mayhem voice] ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/22 "2011-06-13T15:55:40Z")
So next time someone says “I am diabetes”, you go; “You? You’re DIABETES? You fucking bastard! You are the one who has been killing people and making them sick all this time? WHY? Why would you do such a thing?. Damn. I have to report this. All along. You. We could have just killed you and been done with it.” ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/23 "2011-06-13T16:03:35Z")
I am Jack’s inability to relate to others. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/24 "2011-06-13T16:33:10Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > It’s the ‘she’s an Aspie’ thing that grates on me. Sounds like a breed of dog. I sure as hell am not going to write out ‘a person with Asperger’s syndrome’ every time I talk about Asperger’s with my Aspie friends who themselves use Aspie. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/25 "2011-06-13T16:40:03Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I am Sparticusbergers. I’m Brianburgers, and so’s my wife! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/26 "2011-06-13T16:43:53Z")
nm - – misread a post … again. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/27 "2011-06-13T17:14:08Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > No, that’s it – all those things you mentioned are adjectives. You are short-sighted, not “A Short-sighted”, or worse “A myopia” or whatever. You have diabetes or you are diabetic, but you are not a diabetes. WTF does that even mean? And that’s the whole problem: there **is** no adjective version of “Asberger’s”; and some people, at least, feel a need for such an adjective. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/28 "2011-06-13T17:33:12Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > He might be an Aspergers Elemental. Literally made of Aspergers. In that case, you’ll need to find out how to banish him back to the Plane of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Who are the Aspergers Elementals mortal enemies? OCD elementals? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/29 "2011-06-13T17:59:02Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > He might be an Aspergers Elemental. Literally made of Aspergers. In that case, you’ll need to find out how to banish him back to the Plane of Autism Spectrum Disorders. +1 > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > It’s the ‘she’s an Aspie’ thing that grates on me. Sounds like a breed of dog. Woof woof! _rolls over_ ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/30 "2011-06-13T18:16:09Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > It’s the ‘she’s an Aspie’ thing that grates on me. Sounds like a breed of dog. People who “has Aspergers” don’t seem like the types to be into cutesy crap, but the term “aspie” makes me think of baby talk so I don’t get it. I think the important question is: is Wilford Brimley still allowed to have diabeetus? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/31 "2011-06-13T18:41:44Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > He might be an Aspergers Elemental. Literally made of Aspergers. In that case, you’ll need to find out how to banish him back to the Plane of Autism Spectrum Disorders. You going to need the Advanced Cleric supplements. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/32 "2011-06-13T18:45:37Z")
[I’m sorry I caused all that cancer.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3oDtgBzMJE) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/33 "2011-06-13T18:54:29Z")
And why do they call it _taking_ a dump when it’s really leaving one? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/34 "2011-06-13T19:21:02Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > It is just shorthand language usage. It doesn’t have to make logical sense. It’s not any shorter to say you are something than to say you have it. And it’s a fundamentally different paradigm. In general, it’s an unhealthy attitude to have, as it implies you believe you are defined by your medical disorder, and treatment requires you not to accept that. I have OCD. I am not OCD, as that would imply that I have no other qualities whatsoever. And, sorry, but Aspie is the accepted term. It was created by those with Asperger’s to create a little subcommunity. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/35 "2011-06-13T19:36:57Z")
I’m Asperger’s, and I have teh gay. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/36 "2011-06-13T19:43:23Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And, sorry, but Aspie is the accepted term. It was created by those with Asperger’s to create a little subcommunity. That’s lovely for them, but it \*still \*sounds like a dog breed. A really fluffy one, about knee high, that makes little yippy noises at you at 5 in the morning when they’re taken on walks in hand-knitted sweaters made by their doting “parents.” And really, I’d be happy if most of my fellow citizens in the south would learn to pronounce either the adjective or noun form of their conditions correctly. I don’t care which, honestly. Just learn to say the damn words. If I have to help another person find “the DIE-beetus section of the liberry”, I’m going to brain them with the PDR. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/37 "2011-06-13T19:45:35Z")
So, in cases like “She’s autism”, is it possible that it’s a contraction of “She’ [ha]s autism”? ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/38 "2011-06-13T20:39:53Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > So, in cases like “She’s autism”, is it possible that it’s a contraction of “She’ [ha]s autism”? So what if it is? She’s a Porsche. She’s a butterfly. She’s a wart on her finger. None of those make any sense. Nor does “She’s autism.” ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/39 "2011-06-13T20:42:04Z")
She’s _autistic._ ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288/40 "2011-06-13T21:03:33Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > She’s _autistic._ Even that’s not PC, according to the APA. You would say “she’s an autistic person.” Or “she has autism.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-arent-aspergers-they-have-aspergers/585288.md?page=3)