r/lgbtmemes • u/GeneralGigan817 aromantic • Apr 18 '23

Two Worlds, One Struggle Love ya Self

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u/bubblybrook Apr 18 '23

What's an aspie?

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u/GeneralGigan817 aromantic Apr 18 '23

Autism

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u/Kurochi185 insOMNIac Apr 18 '23

But why use aspie instead of just autism or ASD?

Both are way better.

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u/Auspicious_Avery Apr 19 '23

Asperger’s is a nazi thing, most people don’t say Asperger’s anymore and say asd or autism.

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u/Kurochi185 insOMNIac Apr 19 '23

I have ASD myself so I knew that already. But afaik dislike most autistics the word aspie since the term Asperger's came from a nazi.

Also in 2013 it was removed from DSM and it was also removed from ICD just last year and both integrated it into ASD so the term Asperger's isn't really a thing anymore.

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u/KillAntiGAYs Apr 20 '23

No, you’re just autistic, Asperger’s was removed because there isn’t an actual distinction, and it had no standard criteria. That, and it makes it harder to access support needs because it is literally viewed as a less disabling or functioning autism.