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Recent content by Tia_Vali

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    The truth about Aspergers?

    I just went and looked at the website this "article" comes from. It's not really so much an article as it is a blog rant. (Everybody and their DOG has a blog nowadays so they can publicly aire their grievances, but they will tell you that YOU had better not do so because, if you do, you're a...
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    Does anybody else absolutely hate the term "aspie(s)"

    "People of an alike kind don't need such verbage so much to identify themselves or each other. On the other hand those who sense we are different in some way do need some kind of common way to reference it." OK, I totally agree with your above referenced statement. BUT it makes NO sense as a...
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    How fast do you read?

    I love word origins (etymology). I'm very tuned into language.
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    How fast do you read?

    Lucky you! :-) If I could do that, I'd be so brilliantly accomplished I'd NEVER have to worry about finding or keeping a job.
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    Does anybody else absolutely hate the term "aspie(s)"

    Yeah, "aliens", JamesBon92007. That's a good one. I've often said I wonder if I'm half alien sometimes!
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    Does anybody else absolutely hate the term "aspie(s)"

    It doesn't matter whether THEY know. I know. And it's not NTs calling us that. It's specifically ALL OVER sites and forums about Asperger's.
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    Does anybody else absolutely hate the term "aspie(s)"

    I definitely don't see it as a developmental disorder/delay. And I agree that we may be something MORE developed than NT's, or at least more developed in certain areas, which I think gives us distinct abilities and advantages. I also don't care for the clinical terms often applied to us. But...
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    Does anybody else absolutely hate the term "aspie(s)"

    Yeah, maybe that ... all in one title! hahaha
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    Does anybody else absolutely hate the term "aspie(s)"

    I absolutely hate the term "aspie(s)". It has such a diminishing quality to it. It makes us sound like such insignificant little things ... and we definitely aren't. I know you're going to ask, "Well then, what should we be called / call ourselves?". I don't know. I don't have ALL the answers...
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    I absolutely hate the term "aspie". It sounds so diminishing, like we're such insignificant...

    I absolutely hate the term "aspie". It sounds so diminishing, like we're such insignificant little things. And we're definitely not.
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    How fast do you read?

    I'm a 50 year old female newly diagnosed with Asperger's, although I've suspected it for about ten years. I've had a unique set of challenges my entire life that are all making sense to me now. "I read very slowly, at talking pace" is EXACTLY how I describe my reading, verbatim! Wow! I always...
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    How fast do you read?

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