Aspiedom

English Etymology From en Aspie dom. Noun - The state or quality of being an aspie. en 13 May 2001 Terry Jones Re: New abbreviations needed? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.support.autism/gxoZH0LjudA/AQNh9pgBtE4J alt.support.autism A useful practical definition - Although at the moment I have a very tentative sense that maybe Aspiedom could be "more than the sum of its' parts" - That the characteristics need to "work together" in some way, almost that you could have someone in whom the characteristics displayed rather mildly, yet who would still be recognisably Aspie, whereas someone who "presented" more strongly might come across as not "really" Aspie - Just speculation though - Thoughts anyone? en 1 October 2003 Gareeth Re: Misconceptions of Asperger's https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.support.autism/-OiiLmoRsR4/cVRsansMuoYJ alt.support.autism I am not sure that if the whole world were an Aspie the social concerns of Aspiedom would actually vansih. en 14 April 2010 earthpots [username] Re: Neanderthal DNA lives on ... in some of us https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.support.autism/FlcVBAt9KFY/JRgfi5FsudEJ alt.support.autism That and the tests on Alice's site that she posted recently, plus some quizzes by Simon Baron-Cohen and Tony Attwood all pretty much conformed my Aspiedom. en en Autism