[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]
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.”
I am Jack’s inability to relate to others.
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.
I’m Brianburgers, and so’s my wife!
nm - – misread a post … again.
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.
Who are the Aspergers Elementals mortal enemies? OCD elementals?
+1
Woof woof! rolls over
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?
You going to need the Advanced Cleric supplements.
And why do they call it taking a dump when it’s really leaving one?
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.
I’m Asperger’s, and I have teh gay.
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.
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.”
She’s autistic.
Even that’s not PC, according to the APA. You would say “she’s an autistic person.” Or “she has autism.”