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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because I have a son and brothers with Aspergers and life is hard and I found myself having to justify that to you.  They may appear "fully functioning" to you, but they aren't.  And all those people you dismissed as fakers or not trying hard enough or whatever it is could be struggling with serious challenges.[/quote]

I understand your brother's and son's struggles.  I have it too with my son.  You don't have to justify it to me.  I had an old boss when I was working....he was a real jerk, very egotistical.  He was social, understood directions, had children, married, religious, and very smart, etc.  Later, he reconnected with me on FB and was explaining to me that he decided to separate from his wife because she was abusive to him.  He also claimed to be diagnosed with aspergers.  Sorry, but THAT is where I call bullshit.  When your life falls apart, after you've been perfectly capable of living a normal life, you don't crawl into a hole and claim mental disability in order to hide from your problems or hide from blame.  I'm not saying that your brothers and son are doing that.  They obviously have issues that are far greater then I am discussing here.

Almost anyone can go get a diagnosis of aspergers for themselves....I guess I shouldn't care so much.  I just get so sick of people claiming to be victims.  [/quote]

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