I thought we were just Nerds.

[Greg-Pooh]

Clipped from my local paper this morning:

Dear Dr Donohue,

What is Asperger's disorder? How does it affect people? What is the appropriate treatment?

A: Children and adults with Asperger's disorder usually have normal or high intelligence. Social skills are lacking.

They find it difficult to interact with others, to appropriately express emotion and to understand the significance of facial expressions and both verbal and nonverbal communication of feelings. They devote themselves to a few interests and want to discuss those interests at length with others who lack any attraction to the topic. Establishing friendships is difficult. They tend to lack motor skills and are poor at athletics or anything that requires a modicum of coordination.

I guess it was just a matter of time before they gave it an official name. *sigh* Let us hope the jocks don't find out about this. I pitty the new generation of high school geeks who get to be called Ass-bergers.

[ambrosia]

[luminance]

ass burgers!!

Well I don't know about ~you~, but I am actually an extrovert who really does like athletics quite a lot... just hasn't got the cash to pursue them right now!

In all seriousness, I feel for people who actually have this, but I've seen it used as an excuse for being a jerk online (by people who obviously do not have it) waaaaay too many times.

[Tremayne7]

Agreed Lumi. You should see one of the Sims forums I read.

[blue_wolfy]

I pitty the new generation of high school geeks who get to be called Ass-bergers.

hmm and here i thought that's what the homophobic jocks who like to slap each others ass in the shower were called