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	The word "cope" comes to mind, loudly raisedbyhyenas 2004-05-27 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	I'm starting to get the impression that nine times out of ten Asperger's is just an excuse for being, you know, CONFUSED AND/OR ANNOYED BY NORMAL EVERYDAY THINGS THAT CONFUSE AND/OR ANNOY EVERYBODY ELSE. Just, y'know, with a trendy medical name. To make it speshul. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: The word "cope" comes to mind, loudly lurker32 2004-05-27 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	Well, yeah, kind of like dyslexia is a fancy name for not being able to use your damn spellcheck. shrug Small number of genuine cases, large number of posers and/or wankers. I didn't think arquel was being especially wanky, just whiny. (Reply to this)(Parent)

Asperger

cpip
2004-05-27 06:40 pm UTC (link)

I'm leaning towards agreement: I'd never heard of the disorder until just recently, when people started using it as an excuse. "Well, I'm Asperger, so I don't get your joke / won't tolerate your behavior / am going to behave like an ass."

Now, apparently, it's a very recently "discovered" illness, but... dude. It seems like you can't swing a dead cat on LJ without hitting someone with it.

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	Re: Asperger flax 2004-05-27 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	I remember when I first heard of Asperger's. I was all - "My god, this describes the younger me down to the pubic hairs!" And then I met the people who claim to have it. ("You! Out of my diagonosed medical condition!") (Reply to this)(Parent)

	piggelin 2004-05-27 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Not even on JF ;) (Reply to this)(Parent)

Re: Asperger

melange
2004-05-27 09:50 pm UTC (link)

While Asperger's might be over-diagnosed (or self-diagnosed by people who don't really have it), my cousin has it, and I know that it is a real disorder. It's considered a high-functioning form of autism, where the person has incredible difficult understanding social cues, has a tendency to fixate on minor things (like the guy in Rain Man who can count cards), and become overly anxious over minor things. Ironically, until recently it was under-diagnosed, and my cousin (a very sweet boy) suffered through a variety of bad diagnoses before he finally got the treatment they deserve.

That said, there might be people who use the disorder to get 'special' treatment, whether or not they're actually afflicted but that doesn't make it any less real.

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	Re: The word "cope" comes to mind, loudly piggelin 2004-05-27 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	You need to look up what Asperger's is. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: The word "cope" comes to mind, loudly

raisedbyhyenas
2004-05-27 09:54 pm UTC (link)

Oh, I know what it is. But IMHO it's in the same group of "sure, riiiiight" illnesses as attention deficit disorder and dyslexia - as in "one out of five actually HAVE it and the other four are just glomming onto a trendy excuse for being stupid and/or a pain in the ass."

Please note that I say "one of out five." I'm not saying these things don't exist. Just not as much as society would have us think in order to sell as much medication and therapy as possible.