Aspies For Freedom

Well you know the Daily Mail's main target audience is bigots, homophobes, and little englanders?

They're not the most progressive group of people in the country, which was once GREAT Britain.

Aliengirl, depsite what some people like to belive over at Wrongplanet, there are alot of Aspies there who can act rather NT at times. Unfortunetly, it seems when they do, they only portray the bad aspects of NT behaviour. Such as bullying.

The best thing you can do is ignore them. Most likely they want attention, so not giving them that attention will make them realize they are in the wrong. I don't really know what else to tell you. I've been bullied by WillOne in the chat for awhile, I just have to ignore him, there is no talking to him.

Also I find it interesting that for people who face stigma like us. Most of the Aspies I talk to on Wrongplanet have a very NT view towards people of size. Like, thinking that if you're a "fatty" you should walk around the block. That you are lazy. That it is impossible to be fat and healthy. Despite constantly trying to get people to go to bigfatfacts.com.

If they do go there, they like to claim that it's just people holding a conspiracy theory, that the diet industry is entirely to blame. Or that because what is said there, isn't said by other medical claims, that it can't be true. When obvious the reason size-acceptance exsists, is partly cause there is a clear medical bias towards people who are plus sized. That loosing weight isn't the magical cure-all doctors like to belive it is.

Maybe it's that Wrongplanet isn't exclusively for Aspies. I don't know, it seems there is a lack of moderation in the forums, and the chat rooms. It seems that if these people are Aspie, they are the kind of Aspies that make people think we're immature, stuck up, cranky kids.

The problem isn't with you.

Agreed,it's unfair because it makes complete statements about all members from both forums which is untrue.
Many AFF members are WP members,and the same back so it's not like are completely seperate anyway.

Aliengirl,
WP is an okay place,and that sort of reply is rare,in own experience with WP- most people are supportive of others when it comes to problems,it does get stereotypically NT-like at times,and there are are some hf aspie users who are aspie-elitist,who treat classic autists as wastes of air who should be cured or killed,and lower functioning aspies as non existant,but they don't speak for everyone.
WP is also for everyone,am now diagnosed with classic autism [and a learning disability,learning difficulties,also a bunch of sensory things and a cp like condition that are not diagnosed but should get assessed]-but am always find topics that are relevent or neutral,avoid the ones specificically only based around hf aspergers,am recommend this way if find the nature of topics a problem.
There are good users on there who don't even have ASD but have other conditions.
It's a good forum,but probably depends on the moment first view it at.
If would like someone to look out for any nastyness said to self on there,Aliengirl,am would llike to help.


As for ZOMG,think it's a good forum,am registered there,but haven't posted yet due to forgetting it [only use a few in routine],it's worth having a look at now as the posts in question have their own board and aren't on all of them.

Exactly what I found too. There is also this idea which is probably much to do with the US bill of rights that people should be able to say whatever they like and if anybody objects, they are narrow minded.

Whilst there are plenty of decent people posting on WP, there are also some who I strongly suspect are either trolls or who have seriously dysfunctional personalities.

I have stopped going there for months at a time and then return in the hope that it has improved. It takes too much time to go there and go here most of the time and because I think AFF is the better site, I'd have to choose it over WP.