I know people with aspergers

Linking into the use of language:

Triad of Impairments - impairment, as defined by thesaurus -

• The occurence of a change for the worse.
• A symtom of reduced quality or strength.
• The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.
• Damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality.
• The act of making something futile and useless.

So I am/have any of the above - maybe threefold - either way, I am diagnosed as being autistic and therefore considered to be impaired. But I would say that these definitions could apply to any and everybody at any time that they occur in "everyday" life. 

I resent being considered as being the impaired one simply because often I agree to differ. Maybe resent is the wrong word - it hurts to be told that I am impaired simply because I do not always follow. 

Linking into the use of language:

Triad of Impairments - impairment, as defined by thesaurus -

• The occurence of a change for the worse.
• A symtom of reduced quality or strength.
• The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness.
• Damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality.
• The act of making something futile and useless.

So I am/have any of the above - maybe threefold - either way, I am diagnosed as being autistic and therefore considered to be impaired. But I would say that these definitions could apply to any and everybody at any time that they occur in "everyday" life. 

I resent being considered as being the impaired one simply because often I agree to differ. Maybe resent is the wrong word - it hurts to be told that I am impaired simply because I do not always follow.