"Aspie"

Myrtonos · Aug 13, 2016

The inspiration for this was a well known aspie vlogger telling others in a video of hers that they don't get to tell her how to talk about her diagnosis. Fact is that you should not tell anyone how to talk about their diagnosis, unless you are their therapist. Either one who is diagnosed chooses how to talk about it, or their therapist chooses.

Crossbreed · Aug 13, 2016

Gayda Collins said:
Though I still use the word 'aspie,' I suspect it's no longer accepted since Asperger's syndrome isn't in the newly-released DSM-V. Today, A.S. is one of several autism spectrum disorders instead.

Asperger's and Kanner's are both historically relevant, even if they are no longer part of the official nomenclature. We (generally) refer to animals by their common names, not their scientific, binomial names. Why must we abandon that practice in describing ourselves?

"Aspie"

Do you say "aspie" and have you heard of it being offensive?

I don't say the word and heard that it's offensive and think or used to think it's offensive

I say "aspie" and have never heard that it's offensive

I've neither heard that it's offensive, nor say "aspie"

I don't say "aspie" and heard that it's offensive but never thought it was

I say "aspie", but I used it think it was offensive

I say "aspie", have heard that it's offensive, but never thought it was

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