*edit: I understood faster than I thought I would! ty


Hello hello
this is actually not intended to be a serious topic, but it can absolutely be a sensitive one so I felt this the best forum to put it in. Also a place to avoid the subject if it makes anyone uncomfortable. Please let me know if that is the case though and I can happily erase it! I by no means intend any disrespect, I am really just oblivious to the social expectations.

I moreso wanted to understand the common opinion and negative implications surrounding the label Aspergers

What brings this up was a happy little chit chat in a discord server where someone started to assume I was autistic. They had innocent intentions, it was moreso referring to a kind of hyperfixation that I have on things sometimes. To give credit to their thoughts, I mentioned that Aspergers was suggested when I was young but not officially documented (I take it as not truly a diagnosis, doctor didn't want me to lose rights later in life by being "less than ordinary" on paper--the world sucks a bit). All in all, I leave it open as possibility but I'll probably never have it confirmed. No need to.

But by saying the word, the chat exploded as if I just said hail h*tler or something. Before I could get any explanation as to why "Aspergers" has become such an offensive word, mods silenced everyone :vanora_xd:

I did some quick google searches but couldn't find anything concrete I guess. The only information I got was that aspergers is now just merged into autism. That was alarming to me because I could've sworn I read about Aspergers in DSM-5 as still being a separate thing. There are distinct differences in the two even if they share similarities--!

What do you all think about this?
Of course, I'm open for corrections! I guess my concern was that I understood differences, and it feels like a mental disorder has been essentially erased for some reason. But I'm 30 now so I'm a boomer who dont understand

@sunny:
Gotcha gotcha
actually the way you explain it makes a lot more sense. Perhaps I wasn't understanding Autism spectrum correctly all along!

(also your post style is the cutest thing)

@sunny:
Oh, I think I've heard about Autism Speaks before.
I have a hard time finding trustworthy info online when comes to these kinds of things. There's a lot of this and that. That's why I came here, I tend to respect the minds of the people on this site. Conversation helps me pick up on context too TvT

@Stinky:
OH
Oh this makes it make so much more sense why people got angry
shoot I wish I knew this :vanora_cry:
I guess you dont know what you dont know until it slaps you in the face sometimes~!

Thank you!

@Shark:
Yeah my mom and I always used this term because that's what we were told I had, but this was back in like the early 00's or late 90's. It was probably still being figured out back then.
I never 100% believed the diagnosis cause it can very often be misdiagnosed, and was never even documented. But now I know to uh.. correct the terminology if it ever comes up again!

@sunny:
No you're fine! Its something that everyone should know, honestly.
WW2 is such an important deal, I really ought to refresh my memory on a lot of it. My schools never brought it up when I was a kid (90s FL schools, yknow), so what I know just comes from internet and museums x__x

@Stinky:
Oh, is it common that schools dont teach about WW2? Or just about that dude specifically?
I do recall on another website, a few years ago, some kid was bein real nasty to me because they insisted that the events never even happened and it was all some made up legend! I had to log off after that one :vanora_stunned:

Psychology is so very interesting, very helpful, but can also be very annoying at the same time.
It makes a lot of sense what you say though. I get a bit narrow minded at times, so when I was handed DSM5 and told "this is phsycologist bible, it is law" (I'm exaggerating, but this is how black and white my brain gets lmao) I really take it too seriously when I shouldn't.