Jita Park Speakers Corner

So... I've noticed a common trend of attacking either Aspies/Autists, or more specifically often, "self-diagnosed aspies". Yes, we know it's the #1 self-diagnosed mental condition right now, because among the many many symptoms listed, it covers everything from being socially awkward, to a different thinking pattern, to the part of just being special, so it basically covers every teens' fantasy explanation for their problems. Yes, we know it has a funny name, if you choose to add an extra S, and respell the ending as "burgers". This is not news. It's also not very original.

I just wanted to ask if people ever considered how many people they might be insulting who are clinically diagnosed? Potentially by multiple specialists? Believe it or not, it wouldn't make it into the DSM if it wasn't for the fact that some people actually do have it. And some of us, might even be the folks backing you up in a fleet engagement, scouting out your next kill, or ensuring those corp ships end up at the POS you need them, when you need them.

People like *cough*Xenuria*cough* obviously have special needs of some sort. But it's a really shoddy excuse to throw around attacks on wide swaths of people. Try to narrow your insults, like insulting pedophiles! (Completely unrelated to the last sentence, I assure you!)

Also, as my "inb4", yes, I'm completely aware how much humiliation I just set myself up for in this thread. So, um... have fun.

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You know how many pedophiles there are? Self diagnosed or clinically diagnosed as pedophiles. Wouldnt making fun of them just be the same thing you are trying to stop us from doing?

You must have family member with auspie/autist or something.

Asperger's Syndrome is actually removed from the DSM-V.

Which is to say that it literally does not exist.

i'm self-diagnosed with awesome

Next epidsone of EVE online forums RealTalk:

We will discuss how aspergers apperently doesnt exist, so those people will be diagnosed with hallucinations.

As well how it is fun to make fun of people who are different/inferior and we shall search through all DSM to find the pyschology to why that is. Also why it is normal to do so.

Labels like these will always be used by people who just don't know or care how much it hurts people. These uses in no way relate to the people who identify with those labels, only to those that use them. Ignore them or pity them, there is no point in being offended by them (although sometimes it can be hard not to be).

Also, while someone might be diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome, that doesn't mean he or she is Asperger. It's just one of their qualities, and not even a defining quality in most cases. In other words, treat a diagnosis like that as a part of you but not as the whole of you, when you manage that you'll be one step closer to coping with it.

As for whether Aspergers is a valid DSM-V diagnosis, that's hardly relevant. The label means something to those that identify themselves with it and it means something to those that use it. When someone asks you to refrain from using a term as a derogatory remark it's hardy appropriate to start debating the validity of the term in it's intended use.

By that logic, the fact that I call myself the Red Power Ranger and identify with it means that Red Power Ranger is now an identity for which I should be able to expect you to recognize and for which you should be shunned and shamed if you choose to ignore it or to poke fun at me for identifying with it. Don't you go calling me a RPR, or any derivative of it, now, or you might offend me on the Internet!

And it all worked out in the butte.