Well, my girlfriend was diagnosed with NLD, which shares many similarities with Aspergers (she worries that she may actually have Aspergers, but she also happens to be something of a hypochondriac, so I take it with a grain of salt). Most of the time I just treat her as I would anyone else, but her behaviour can be different enough that I do believe in her condition. She, in turn, believes I suffer from it, or some other condition, but I won't have any of it. Even if I do suffer from some condition, that doesn't change a thing. Believing I do would just hand me an excuse to dodge responsibility, which I would prefer not to have.
Also, until this thread, I've never encountered the concept of faking a mental disease for selfish reasons before (especially not to be 'cool'). What a peculiar notion. Even if that is an issue, however, dismissing every claim of Aspergers or some other condition with a blunt "Shut the fuck up, you haven't got it" seems like overkill.
That's my little contribution to the subject.
Also, until this thread, I've never encountered the concept of faking a mental disease for selfish reasons before (especially not to be 'cool'). What a peculiar notion. Even if that is an issue, however, dismissing every claim of Aspergers or some other condition with a blunt "Shut the fuck up, you haven't got it" seems like overkill.
That's my little contribution to the subject.
