No Shortage of Experts

The more time I spend on FB the more amazed I am at all the experts.

Many of the posts, videos and ads start with versions of:

  • All these people do this….
  • All those people do that….
  • There is NO epidemic.
  • There is a Worldwide epidemic.
  • Let’s clear this up!
  • When an X person says, “…….” It means, “……..”

Usually followed by: “Get your facts straight!”

I love the lists:

  • Things that are difficult for me as an X
  • Things that normal people need to understand (alternately neurotypical, non-neurodiverse, regular people, people who are not us—make up your own version—everyone else is.)
  • Facts About X, with a version named Mini-Facts About X (My personal favorites.)
  • X in females

But there seems to be a shortage of Real Facts out there.

There are people who profess to have:

  • ASDFG with sprinkles of X (Pick any combination of capital letters for this. It doesn’t seem to matter.)
  • but, not ‘full-blown’ X

What is “full-blown” something?
Is there a “partially-blown”?

And, how much is a “sprinkle of”?
Is it bigger or smaller than a pinch?

And how can someone have something that is: “Not actually X?”

What is it, “Actually?”

And,

  • I have a neurodivergent profile that was once called Asperger’s syndrome.

Yes, and, “I had a shoe, but I put it on my head. Now it’s a hat!”

I’m especially fond of the comments that point out some unrelated detail in the post. Which would be like me commenting on this post:

Post: “Be kind to these children who have X, because they don’t know yet, so be kind to those that are different.”
Comment: “The rules of English dictate that person(s) are referred to as who/whom and the word ‘that’ reserved for inanimate objects.”

And don’t even get me started on sites about Asperger syndrome, that don’t ever mention Asperger syndrome.

Which is why I work from my own definitions which I use to create work-arounds, blend and otherwise pass on this planet.

Terms – My Definitions

Asperger syndrome – A social disorder caused by a brain variation limiting the ability to auto-process and apply social norms within the larger society. This is the working definition I use in the book.

AS – Acronym for Asperger syndrome. This is used differently elsewhere, but in my book it means Asperger syndrome.

Asperger – This is what German-speaking people call a person identified with Asperger syndrome. The area around Vienna is the epicenter of AS, where the meaning is understood to be one of Asperger’s Kinder, or Asperger’s Children, the original reference to the boys in Dr. Hans Asperger’s papers. Hence the title of the article, “Hans Asperger, selbst ein Asperger?” (Was Hans Asperger himself an Asperger?)

Aspie – This is what some of us call ourselves informally.

And, before the meltdown overtakes you, these are for me by me.

In the void of anything else I couldn’t afford to wait another 60 years for someone else to get around to it.

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