Self Identify...

[Full Steam]

Aspie tee shirt slogans

Tee shirt slogans thread, to stop me dribbling all over this one.

 

[Katleya]

I think it's from an NWA song.

Yup. Ice Cube. I actually quoted it last week (to my mother, of all people).

 

[Chance]

I wish Aspie Central had a store where we could buy pins or hats or shirts or rubber bracelets or some way to identify. 100% of the time, I would walk by another Aspie and think they are NTs. What a terrible waste!

Every single time I have ever run into Aspies, whether we knew it at the time or not, it has been the best, life changing conversations, perfect information, gentle kindness or upfront honestly with fun and truth and depth.

I see people who might be but NTs that act odd do NOT like to be approached. They think we are all so closed off, but Aspies I met like other Aspies. Weird NTs do NOT like Aspies so I am afraid to approach anyone....................

Maybe if these badges or brackets were in some AS/ASD dialect that only we would know!!!
Then I would like it a lot!

We need to create our own language then we can really smoke some minds. I have an algorithm I use when I need to right something down that I don't want others to necessarily understand, but I don't want to forget. So sometimes papers on my desk look like I am writing to some alien life form... : )

Its a simple one all vowels are numbers and all consonants are used in reverse order and real numbers are reverse order in *(43)* = 34... It goes like this... A=1 B=Z C=Y D=X E=2 and so on...

So "I'm Aspie" would be "3'N 1HL32"... Now you know my secret ASD language I made for myself a very long time ago... Its super simple but no one has ever figured it out yet, that I know of.

 

[Chance]

Aspie tee shirt slogans

Tee shirt slogans thread, to stop me dribbling all over this one.

I would hand you a digital napkin, but it just isn't the same... : )

 

[OkRad]

Maybe if these badges or brackets were in some AS/ASD dialect that only we would know!!!
Then I would like it a lot!

We need to create our own language then we can really smoke some minds. I have an algorithm I use when I need to right something down that I don't want others to necessarily understand, but I don't want to forget. So sometimes papers on my desk look like I am writing to some alien life form... : )

Its a simple one all vowels are numbers and all consonants are used in reverse order and real numbers are reverse order in *(43)* = 34... It goes like this... A=1 B=Z C=Y D=X E=2 and so on...

So "I'm Aspie" would be "3'N 1HL32"... Now you know my secret ASD language I made for myself a very long time ago... Its super simple but no one has ever figured it out yet, that I know of.

OK, I am going to the store and getting a rubber bracelet with 3'N 1HL32 embossed on it!! If anyone asks what it means, I don't answer. If anyone says to me: OMG! I am 3'N 1HL32, too! Then we go and talk about physics or something! HAHAHA

 

[Adora]

I don’t think I would like the world to know that I’m on the spectrum I feel like it would just be a target for predators and I have had to deal with predators most of my life and I don’t want another thing predators could use against me plus having people not understand is another issue to deal with.

 

[Chance]

OK, I am going to the store and getting a rubber bracelet with 3'N 1HL32 embossed on it!! If anyone asks what it means, I don't answer. If anyone says to me: OMG! I am 3'N 1HL32, too! Then we go and talk about physics or something! HAHAHA

Well its just logic in reverse mostly... All is there and once learned its just second nature. I write out whole pages like this at times... and if someone happens to see it, they just shake their head and say I'm so dyslexic its just sad... So I just let them believe it. Thats actually where I got the idea, but added in the vowel thing just to be odd. : )

 

[Katleya]

I had a friend in junior high I used to exchange little notes with; we'd write them using the Greek alphabet, but not in Greek. Worked fairly well, but not foolproof.
Now, leaving some Latin characters and replacing half of the letters with their Greek equivalent, especially those that had a completely different sound, is how I got away when I had to take notes for assessments of the team members at a previous job. Worked like a charm.

 

[hutchie]

Could you turn it into a formula - mathematic, chemical, DNA strand for example? or it would be great if there's a doctor who nuerological quote or similar.

 

[Datura]

I've seen "Flappy hands are happy hands" bracelets.
I also like the term "Autastic" and think it would look good on pins and apparel.

I still identify as questioning, but even if I were certain I don't think I would want to label myself to outsiders. Labels come with stereotypes and misconceptions. They can also open you up hate and condecension. This goes for more than just autism. I actually bought some pins with the trans and asexual flags on them, as I fall into both categories. Wearing them makes me feel terribly self conscious though, so I hardly ever wear them outside of Pride events. There is also so much more to me than these identifiers so what I choose to present to people is largely dependent upon context.

 

[Lady Penelope]

I like the idea of subtly acknowledging another aspie but do not want an easily identifiable marker.
Perhaps a particular stim could be a sign...or a stim toy that NTs won't use like the spinners that took over the world.

I actually hate that puzzle as a symbol for ASD....

 

[Chance]

I've seen "Flappy hands are happy hands" bracelets.
I also like the term "Autastic" and think it would look good on pins and apparel.

I still identify as questioning, but even if I were certain I don't think I would want to label myself to outsiders. Labels come with stereotypes and misconceptions. They can also open you up hate and condecension. This goes for more than just autism. I actually bought some pins with the trans and asexual flags on them, as I fall into both categories. Wearing them makes me feel terribly self conscious though, so I hardly ever wear them outside of Pride events. There is also so much more to me than these identifiers so what I choose to present to people is largely dependent upon context.

Often something we want so bad to display (no matter what it is) brings on maybe worse conditions...
But at the same time maybe we have to face our fears and that is a tool for doing just that.

I'm not big on stickers, pins, or buttons... But I have this sticker I have been trying to get the nerve up to put on the back glass of my truck. Its just a simple sticker that states "Neurodiverse... Look it up"

I haven't decided if I want that on there because I think people will ask me what it means or want me to talk to them - thus the sticker would have just caused me more problems - so its just questionable I guess.

 

[Chance]

I've thought about that a few times, but then I can't help but think how the media has portrayed those of us on the spectrum. It seems like there was a period that whenever some tragedy took place, they would say, "[perpetrator] had Asperger's Syndrome" or ". . . was autistic." Having something declaring who we are would be like waving a red flag.

I'm not ashamed of having AS, but until the world understands that BAD PEOPLE do bad things and that having AS has nothing to do with it, I'd just as soon keep it to myself.

Yes and they often do this not supplying a single shred of evidence, but just imply that "it may have been an underlaying contributing factor" or some BS factoid that was pulled mostly out of thin air to make sure that there was a reason behind some heinous tragedy... It makes my blood boil when people do this on any subject, but especially when aimed towards the general population of those with ASD.

 

[Chance]

I like the idea of subtly acknowledging another aspie but do not want an easily identifiable marker.
Perhaps a particular stim could be a sign...or a stim toy that NTs won't use like the spinners that took over the world.

I actually hate that puzzle as a symbol for ASD....

Me too... ASD is a lot more complicated than a puzzle where all the pieces are the same

 

[Chance]

Sometimes I want a shirt that says "Stop feeding people BS and Cure Neurotypical Ignorance"

Its doesn't say I'm ASD, and most of the general population wouldn't have a clue what it even means...

 

[Chance]

Straight up aspie, wrong auti to f**K with.


Meltdown coming in 1 more dumb question.

I like it A LOT! even though it doesn't fit my real situation

Mine would need to say "shutdown coming" and people would just laugh... : )

 

[SunnyDay16]

I'd rather have someone think I was an NT than an aspie. There's always a negative societal connotation attached to being on the spectrum, which dealing with depression and anxiety, I just don't want to deal with.

 

[Chance]

Maybe instead of slogans and catch phrases... We become like those before us and reach deep inside and do those things that astound those who think we are less.

ONE great act of true intelligence, can silence a planet of condescending voices. One great act, even if in silence, change the perception of the world. It has happened MANY times, and more times than not it was an ND type person who created most all the great things we enjoy today.

Never forget who we really are... In the linage of ND's we are heirs to the masters of greatness. We are the heirs of the movers and shakers, of what shapes we know as our reality (yet not the heirs of the current status quo)... For this is why, even the "experts" cant articulate what is wrong with us...

Its because there has NEVER been anything wrong with us, we just don't fit the dysfunctional status quo, that they created.

The only true expert on the planet is a person who lives the condition being discussed.
Therefore we are the REAL EXPERTS of AS/ASD situations... Be honored, not embarrassed.

Be determined to find the best version of yourself even in our sucky ass depression... Ask it why? Its there trying to tell us something WHAT IS IT? The answer is what it seeks us to go after. Its there telling us we are stuck in a funk for a reason. I know this I live it, but my past is a battle I haven't won just yet...

We think we are in the dark... We forget we are there in search of the light of the greats to push us past what we see as limitations. In every great story, a persons weakness becomes the driving force that created a being that that will never be forgotten.

Reach deep and face the hurt, rant when you need too, but never let that become the version of who we are.

Self Identity + loving the contrast of this reality + knowing your deepest being = the path clearing to the unthinkable...

γνῶθι σεαυτόν = Nosce Te Ipsum = know yourself and become the greatest version of what you are to become...

I have to dream of becoming the greatest version of myself, because I have nothing else left to grasp for.

 

[Rasendra]

I like the idea of subtly acknowledging another aspie but do not want an easily identifiable marker.
Perhaps a particular stim could be a sign...or a stim toy that NTs won't use like the spinners that took over the world.

Yes, that's what makes it difficult. For that matter any fidget toy could be any NT since they are so popular all of a sudden. Or could be someone with just a form of ADD and not Autism.

I have a bracelet though that I quite like for stim, its paracord with hex nuts that can spin. I like that it has some weight to it also.

Me too... ASD is a lot more complicated than a puzzle where all the pieces are the same

I do think the puzzle piece has become more of a negative thing for ASD unfortunately, I actually kind of liked that tree idea someone came up with on another thread. But I will say isn't the whole point of a puzzle piece that all the pieces are different?

Sometimes I want a shirt that says "Stop feeding people BS and Cure Neurotypical Ignorance"

Its doesn't say I'm ASD, and most of the general population wouldn't have a clue what it even means...

This is quite awesome lol... I want this shirt!

 

[Full Steam]

Maybe instead of slogans and catch phrases... We become like those before us and reach deep inside and do those things that astound those who think we are less.

ONE great act of true intelligence, can silence a planet of condescending voices. One great act, even if in silence, change the perception of the world. It has happened MANY times, and more times than not it was an ND type person who created most all the great things we enjoy today.

Never forget who we really are... In the linage of ND's we are heirs to the masters of greatness. We are the heirs of the movers and shakers, of what shapes we know as our reality (yet not the heirs of the current status quo)... For this is why, even the "experts" cant articulate what is wrong with us...

Its because there has NEVER been anything wrong with us, we just don't fit the dysfunctional status quo, that they created.

The only true expert on the planet is a person who lives the condition being discussed.
Therefore we are the REAL EXPERTS of AS/ASD situations... Be honored, not embarrassed.

Be determined to find the best version of yourself even in our sucky ass depression... Ask it why? Its there trying to tell us something WHAT IS IT? The answer is what it seeks us to go after. Its there telling us we are stuck in a funk for a reason. I know this I live it, but my past is a battle I haven't won just yet...

We think we are in the dark... We forget we are there in search of the light of the greats to push us past what we see as limitations. In every great story, a persons weakness becomes the driving force that created a being that that will never be forgotten.

Reach deep and face the hurt, rant when you need too, but never let that become the version of who we are.

Self Identity + loving the contrast of this reality + knowing your deepest being = the path clearing to the unthinkable...

γνῶθι σεαυτόν = Nosce Te Ipsum = know yourself and become the greatest version of what you are to become...

I have to dream of becoming the greatest version of myself, because I have nothing else left to grasp for.

THAT is awesome.

You and I think very much alike.

Change is coming.