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hohotread

I overcame Asperger's Syndrome, and so did you!

Apr 20, 2008 14:50

I haven't offended anyone in a while, so I feel the need to piss off some people. Since nobody reads this journal anymore, I doubt I'll succeed, but I can pretend.

I've always lumped Asperger's Syndrome in with ADD and and homosexuality as fake diseases. That is, they are patterns of behavior that are slightly out of the norm, but really not that ( Read more... )

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Huh? anonymous April 21 2008, 02:40:11 UTC

I'm confused. In the beginning, you say Asperger's is a fake disease because the baseline of normality is subjective, a fine point by the way. But in the end you'll treat them badly because they aren't trying to act normal? Dude, that's a huge contradiction.

Re: Huh? hohotread April 22 2008, 00:07:19 UTC

If they act like dicks, I treat them like dicks. "I have Asperger's" is no excuse. If a kid says something rude to you, you tell them why it was rude and why they shouldn't do that. If an adult does the same, and you rebuff them, and they just say "I have Asperger's, so I do that," then you tell them to fuck themselves. If they say "oh, sorry..." then you accept their apology. Even if Asperger's were a legitimate disease, people still overcome it through effort and practice, so using it to excuse asshole behavior is bullshit.

Re: Huh? anonymous November 11 2009, 00:46:39 UTC

Look, I recently threw a party and invited a kid (he's 21) from work to come to it. He insulted me, insulted other people, chugged wine to show off, threw up on everything (didn't even attempt to run to the bathroom or outside), ignored certain things that were said to him, and woke me up while I was sleeping to say goodbye when he was leaving (completely disregarding the fact that my boyfriend said to him, "she's sleeping, don't wake her"). These are just a few things that he did to make it so that my boyfriend and I did not want to see him again, let alone invite him over. Then he acted as if though that was part of the party. When I talked to him about it he said "I have this disease called Asperger's" and "my brain was shut off." I decided to look this up and research it, and realized that someone created some disease to make it ok for people to do stupid things and insult others. Crock of crap if you ask me.

Re: Huh? anonymous March 14 2011, 17:05:10 UTC

Most of the time Aspies "act like dicks" they are just being honest. If you want people to lie to you to be polite that's fine. Aspies are not jerks, they just speak and state facts. If you don't like our opinion then don't ask it!

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Le Sigh anonymous April 21 2008, 07:20:55 UTC

Try living with face blindness & sensory overload every day then deny AS exists mate. Miss Aspielicious

Re: Le Sigh hohotread April 22 2008, 00:00:59 UTC

Face blindness is its own diagnosable syndrome and is NOT behaviorally based. Sensory overload is a symptom of autism, not Asperger's. It fact, one publication I read a while back specifically drew the Aperger's/autism line at sensory issues, saying that was THE defining difference. Most Asperger's publications, like this one, don't even mention it.

Re: Le Sigh anonymous July 22 2008, 02:56:52 UTC

Brilliant. You hit the nail on the head. I wish I could have a special syndrome that not only explains how rubbish I am at life, but also gives me insights and powers that the contemptible "neurotypicals" don't have.

It's crap being useless AND normal.

right on. anonymous April 17 2009, 03:08:00 UTC

i know a child who was considered to have "aspergers" when he was a toddler. his mother didn't like the diagnosis so she took him to another doctor who said, surprise, it is adhd instead. the kid is a spoiled freakin' brat and that is all that is wrong with him. his mother never gives him rules and contradicts others who try to reign him in because she doesn't want to damage his psyche. give me a break. what he needs is a good spanking.

i agree that real autism should be taken seriously (wasn't that called retardation back in the day?) but aspergers... get over it.

Re: right on. anonymous May 4 2009, 15:25:49 UTC

Autism isn't retardation. Many autistic people are very intelligent.

In The Workplace anonymous June 24 2009, 00:40:09 UTC

We got a kid at our store that got Aspergers. He takes extra breaks , leaves early , gets others to do his work, then if someone calls him on it , he complains and his co-workers are written up. He eats at the register and makes a mess, the rest of us are not allowed to eat on the register. To me this is a good kid who has the ability to grow up. He tells us he has a disability and gets tired and cannot do the tasks. We do his work, he takes our breaks for us. We clean up after him. We are written if we upset him in any way.

Re: In The Workplace anonymous November 11 2009, 00:51:34 UTC

I posted the post in reply to HUH? about the kid who was invited to my party. To be fair, he is a hard worker and probably does more than most people in my company. So I wouldn't say that everyone who is "diagnosed" with "AS" is lazy and incompetent. But I see your point, that some people will use their "disability" to get what they want out of life...

Re: In The Workplace anonymous April 19 2010, 16:00:18 UTC

Trust me, that person does not have Aspergers. I'll challenge his shrink on that. I have it and we tend to be perfectionists almost to the point of pissing our co-workers off. I know who started this thread discredits AS but I do have it and I like it. When you lack empathy, other peoples problems don't stress you out. I say what I think. I never sugar coat anything. If my employer treats me badly, I don't whine to a union, I walk out when they need me the most and laugh when they beg me to come back. I was bullied as a child and now I give off vibes that repel that type as well as everyone else. When there is a death in the family, I never shed a tear, even at my own father's funeral. So to the original poster, AS does exist, I DO have it, I DO see the world at a much different angle than you and I wouldn't have it any other way. Adios!

Re: In The Workplace anonymous March 14 2011, 17:14:17 UTC

How the hell do you know he has Asperger's?
I have Asperger's and I am way more reliable than most of the other NT's out there!

omg how rediculous anonymous September 8 2009, 23:33:33 UTC

for the most part you all sound like a bunch of whiners! there may be some out there that either got wrongly diagnosed or have figured out how to work their disability. I have a child who has AS and she is not a spoiled brat and she does have a legitimate problem. she is the sweetest little girl whom everyone just loves as soon as they meet her, but she has all the symptoms of AS and also ADHD. So for me to stumble upon this utterly absurd load of closed minded childish bull is offensive and shameful, these are our children show some respect!!!!!!!!

Re: omg how rediculous anonymous January 30 2010, 01:46:37 UTC

I feel really sorry for your kid. Having a hyper-defensive, combative parent like you who is seemingly eager to label and excuse her behavior with TWO of the most controversial early childhood "disorders," Asperger's and ADHD, is probably going to make her pretty screwed up someday. For her sake, I hope you remember to treat her like a normal kid every now and then, including giving her the discipline and structure that are so formative in early human development, rather than catering to her and spoiling her rotten because she's "disabled," "different," and "special."

You sound like another case of the gullible, obsessive helicopter parent who lets doctors, talk shows, and the internet convince you that your kid is disabled but special. If there is anything wrong with this great multitude of kids who are being diagnosed left and right with ambiguous neuro and psych disorders, it probably originates with their maniacal parents.

Oh, and it's spelled "ridiculous."