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Our own country?

Lee954 said:
A country where only Aspies can live? You've got to be joking; it would be Hell;. Nothing would function. There'd be too many 'precious snowflakes' to get anything done.
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Im Aspie, and I have to agree to a certain extent. Of course, removing the stresses of dealing with an NT world, and being surrounded by understanding instead of ignorance and misinformation would improve our functioning. But still, too many are bought into the mentality that someone else being responsible for them, and that a diagnosis grants rights and entitlements.
 
Our own country? That is ridiculous. I wouldn't want it. I prefer having access to other people who aren't Aspie. It would be hard to live in a country just for Aspies. I would lose my sanity.
 
EricD said:
The National Sport of Aspergia would be motor racing. The most popular would be golf. We would be a nation of engineers, scientists, and scholars in every field. By the time a child leaves high school, their level of education would be equal to an associates' degree in college.
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What about those of who don't drive? :D
 
Aeolienne said:
What would the official language be?
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Lojban. With a variety of other conlangs handy.

As for "precious snowflakes", we are not. Sensory overload is painful, and reacting to it is neither "precious" nor "snowflakey". If you were to create a society in which every sensory impression was as intense for the average NT as it is for us in the present society, they would be at just as much of a disadvantage.
 
I don't think I could live there, I'm quite happy to be surrounded by my NT friends. Takes a bit of adjusting, but if I didn't have them I'd never do spontaneous things (that I don't feel like at the time but that end up being awesome most of the time). The only people on the spectrum that I know IRL feel entitled and feel that their being on the spectrum is an excuse for having a bad personality or acting wildly inappropriate. Most of you seem more pleasant, but I think I'll always prefer a healthy mix to keep life interesting.
 
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