Aspie supremacy - the belief that someone with Asperger Syndrome (no longer a diagnosis label but still commonly used in Aspie supremacist spaces) is a superior being because of their autistic/aspie traits such as avoiding small talk and not understanding the double-standards of neurotypicals, and special interest hyper focus giving them near-savant level proficiency.	

In Aspie Supremacy discourse autism is seen not as a problem to be fixed by rather as the next improvement in human neurology, or even the next stage of human evolution. Aspie Supremacy often includes rhetoric of autism not just being a problem but being a more "advanced" neurotype than allistics.

Aspie Supremacy

The rhetoric within Aspie Supremacy spaces ties the superiority of autism as a neurotype to perceived genetic and evolutionary superiority much like many racist believes tie the belief in  superiority of white people to perceived genetic and evolutionary superiority.

While Aspie supremacy doesn't often overtly mention race, the discourse is eerily similar to that that has been used to justify the systemic institution of slavery, by stating a particular groups "cognitive, intellectual, and philosophical superiority over others based on evolutionary differences"

The framing of neurotypicals by Aspie supremacists as sub-human - sometimes likening neurotypicals to "primates" is similar to the framing by racists of Black individuals as sub-human.

Aspie Supremacy and Ties to Racism

- Definition of Aspie Supremacy
- Aspie Supremacy and Ties to Racism

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Autistic Community Discourses and Autism as Rhetoric

Heilker, P. (2012). Autism, rhetoric, and Whiteness. Disability Studies Quarterly, 32(4). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v32i4.1756 

Autism, Rhetoric, and Whiteness

- Definition of the "Shiny Autistic"
- The "Shiny Autistic", Race, and Autism as Rhetoric

The"Shiny Autistic" and Autism as Rhetoric

Aspie Supremacy and Autism as Rhetoric

- Note on Autism Speaks and Generation Rescue
- Autism Speaks and Generation Rescue Spokespeople
- Autism Speaks and Generation Rescue Advertising Materials

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