Aspies For Freedom

I once saw a documentary on dutch tv about a Japanese guy who was very into robotics, he had a part-time job, spent most of his spare time and money into the development of a robot to preserve justice. (a kind of Robocop). He rented a room with a floor surface of just 10 square meters.
As far as i can tell, he seemed aspergian. People like that seem socially accepted there. They even have a name for such people there, "Otaku" if i remember correctly. It didnt even seem to have a negative feeling attached to it.

i was very surprised.  :shock:  :shock:

The Japanese actually really look down on otaku, as far as I've heard. But yeah, some of them definitely are Asperger's.

There's some debate as to if it's a derogitory term, too. It seems similar to 'geek' or 'nerd', as some are offended and others wear it as a badge of pride.

I think the offensiveness of the term depends on where you are, as in America or Japan.