# Self-Diagnosed Asperger's Syndrome

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-diagnosed-aspergers-syndrome/320927>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 10, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-diagnosed-aspergers-syndrome/320927 "2005-09-10T02:13:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-diagnosed-aspergers-syndrome/320927/21 "2005-09-13T17:06:49Z")

</div>

> [@Menocchio](#):
>
> Pretty much.
> 
> Imagine you observe that certain children (in fact, the vast majority of kids today) are hyperactive, overly assertive, creative, and with a sense of entitlement.
> 
> Imagine that instead of talking about parenting trends, disorders such as ADD, or even just saying “kids will be kids”, you instead say that these children are space aliens come to elevate humanity to the next level.
> 
> The “Indigo” comes from their auras. :smack:
> 
> So, yeah, bullcrap of the highest order.

No, no, no, you don’t understand. They don’t like to wait in lines. Because they’re _so spiritually evolved!_

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-diagnosed-aspergers-syndrome/320927/22 "2005-09-13T22:18:10Z")

</div>

Here’s the skinny on [indigo children](http://www.indigochild.com/). Caution: may induce vomiting and/or thoughts of murder.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-diagnosed-aspergers-syndrome/320927.md?page=1)