Why do people keep thinking everyone who is shy has Asperger's or Autism?

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Why do they keep throwing this very life changing disability around like its the flu? Why don't they research autism before saying stupid stuff like, "I think my boyfriend has autism." Have they ever gone on You Tube or looked it up on the 'Net? Since we have the Internet, you would think people would use it to at least be informed.

It might be the flavor of the month for every shy and awkward teenager, but it is a life changing disability for those who actually are autistic. It is a highly disabling social communication and sensory integration processing issue that impacts the person's entire life.

Here is an example of a high functioning autistic boy. He is very typical. He can't continue the conversation without drifting. He doesn't understand the world, he always turns the conversation back to himself, stiff, stilted voice tones. It is easy to recognize him as being different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKWuzklXUk0

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Asperger's is the diagnosis du jour. It is now well-known and is featured in popular culture with things like the Big Band Theory and the way it's portrayed in pop culture is that these people are just smarter than everyone else and thus misunderstood. Well, pretty much every teenager on the planet thinks they are smarter than everyone else and misunderstood. "Self-diagnosing" is something that is done a ridiculous amount with this disorder, and then they flaunt that "I'm a proud Aspie!" and then that cements the idea that Asperger's is not really a disorder- because there's nothing wrong with these people who apparently have it (self-diagnosed).

This drives me nuts actually.

Anonymous · Answer

Because people are hypochondriacs thanks to the internet,  theres just too much information which doesnt apply to them.

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Why do people keep thinking everyone who is shy has Asperger's or Autism?

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