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DongFeng5
over 5 years ago

https://www.autism.org.uk/about/adult-life/resources/asperger-united/new-name.aspx

If the folk at the NAS are so easily swayed by some whiny emoting from a tiny minority of folk that seek to deny history, I don't know that I can be bothered to read the thing any more. 

There was nothing wrong with the old name. It matched my diagnosis. 

To avoid a load of pointless arguing, no, I really don't care what Asperger did, or whether he ate peeled, salted babies for his breakfast. 

On a balance scale between logic and fact, versus the emotional burden of the entire human race throughout history, logic and facts must tip the scales every single time, or humanity is lost. 

Yes, some people won't like it. So what?

Parents
  • over 5 years ago

    The other problem is there is no option to keep the existing name in the survey (so it is already biased)

    Please choose your favourite from the list below *

    • ASC United
    • Autismo
    • Autism United
    • Autistic Licence
    • Autistic Times
    • Autistic United
    • Autistic Voice
    • Autistic World
    • Aut-ternative Universe
    • Living on the Spectrum
    • On the Spectrum
    • Spectrum United
    • The Spectrum
    • United Together

    My Sister works as a carer for people with learning difficulties and she considers me to have Asperger's but NOT autism!  Changing the name now would serve no purpose (other than satisfying the NTs at HQ swayed by propaganda).  In my tally book, the pros far outweigh the cons for Hans Asperger - he, alone with his name, has done more for Autism than almost everybody else.

    I'm proud to be Autistic, and I'm proud to be Asperger's, and I'm United!

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Andy

    So 14 suggestions!

    which I find most are offensive or demeaning.

    And so what each means to me.

    not intended to cause upset,,just how I perceive each suggestion.

    • ASC United-Football Team?
    • Autismo-Magician?
    • Autism United- A sports team?
    • Autistic Licence-To close to “Artistic”!
    • Autistic Times-Broadsheet newspaper?(imagine the cross word puzzle)
    • Autistic United-Sports Team(again)? Yawn!
    • Autistic Voice- ?...quite or misheard, not understood?
    • Autistic World- tell me where it is please I want to go there now.
    • Aut-ternative Universe- Taking the Micky surely?
    • Living on the Spectrum- struggling to exist on the spectrum?
    • On the Spectrum- Just not where on it as it is harder to distinguish now.( was not correct anyway,,,high low,,,all the same but in different ways.
    • Spectrum United- yawn,!
    • The Spectrum- Early sixties tv show, misterons and puppets for characters?
    • United Together- Group hug !!!!!! Run like the wind.!
  • over 5 years ago in reply to ) (

    I thought the current title was like a sports team, not something I associated with. I just voted for Autistic United just to keep the same initials. It always seemed to be styled and abbreviated AU. I'm somewhat disappointed that my suggestion 'Autistic Us' didn't make it to the final, as I'm a bit of an Ian Dury fan. Ah well, I expect the Goth knows what he's doing.

    My diagnosis is AS, but I don't relate to it much. It's gone from ICD-11 as well as DSM-V, so it's only moving with the Autistic Times. For various reasons I've mentioned I object to the word 'syndrome'.

    In response to Ellie, I might play left-winger.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Cassandro

    As I'm in defence I will play center-back.Wink

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