Do you wish everyone in the world had AS?

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I don't think so. Others I know with similar traits do things that make me cringe and with them the communication is prone to glitches from both directions. Things like being science minded and responsible with money don't necessarily require AS. As for the girlfriend issue, I don't gather from what I've seen here that there's anything specific or special that NTs can't also do, if they wanted to. My work group probably would not be able to succeed at interfacing with others without the help of some important NTs, who might not have the focus to see some of the things I can see before anyone else sees them. I really think it takes both kinds.

I'm gonna say no offhand only because its much easier to have a conversation with an outgoing NT person than with an aspie, in my experience they know how to keep things rolling.

However, maybe I wish everyone had it for a day, or a week, or a month or something so they could relate. Or if everyone went in and out of phases of being aspie and NT, that might be cool.

LOL, I know. I was just presenting a humorous bad-but-not-worst case scenario from the perspective of an NT. Or what I think an NT would notice. Of course everyone is different. Why you gotta be so seriousssss? I bet that living with you is like taking a double dose of Prozac every day.

Ok, in all seriousness, where are these groups? If you know of any groups in the western states, please tell me about them. Maybe we can meet in person someday.

I wish everyone liked baseball. I hate hearing the same crap about it being "boring".

In my case, it wouldn't matter. It's not the person's neurology, but more like my inability to live up to their standards or understand them well that causes me problems. Either way, both neurologies are just as confusing and misunderstandings would abound and I would still rather do my own thing than do what they want me to, and it's hard for me to respond certain ways at certain times for certain reasons, which causes a lot of conflicts. I am very much my own person.

How about 50 person AS 50 percent Non-AS...That way its even and there is a balance as opposed to now where AS is the minority, therefore, unable to defend themselves against NeuroNazi Bullying (I use NeuroNazi to define bullies since putting NTs in same pool as bullies would be unfair to the NTs out there who are not bullies)

Some aspies point of views are so out there they are hard to understand. I don't know if it's my own AS or them. Maybe it's them because some of their POV are so weird. I mean I have met normal people who also couldn't understand someone's point of view. My dad calls them stupid. My mom says they're strange and she just shrugs it off.


No all aspies are geeks. I'm sure not.

Idioms are still my weak spot. I don't even understand "chip on he shoulder." Lot of times I let little words slide or little phrases even though I don't know what the person meant by them.

Somtimes I understand sayings without an explination because it's just obvious what it means just by how it was used. Lot of times I just ask "What do you mean?" Sometimes an idiom happens to be used at the right time like you did with "Are you smoking?" so I took it literal.

Interesting topic. Some people think that people are becoming more Aspie like now that technology is becoming so wide spread and so important to our daily lives. The reasoning is that people are dealing with computers more and people less. People now use ATM's instead of tellers, and self check out is more common at the grocery store. Communicating via texting and email is more Aspie friendly than interacting in person or even the phone. Instead of making small talk when waiting in line, people are interacting with their smartphones or ipods.

I live in Portland, you nearby? That's where these groups are.

I found the groups online by doing a search and meetup.org has a list of groups. Do a search on autism there putting in your zip code and one might pop up.

It's where we go and we talk and we each do turn taking. One of the groups does show and tell and the other group, the group leader is picky so he wants newbies to call him first before attending their first group and you have to wear name tags and have to put down your real name and phone number. The other group does name tags and we have them in front of us but at the other one, we have to put them on our shirts. I don't mind. I find it helpful in fact because remembering names can be difficult. Plus one of the rooms is dark and they provide ear plugs and cards with the words "joke" on them. We hold it up if we are joking. Both groups have stim toys and we are allowed to step out of the room anytime and allowed to leave anytime.

Hmm anything can be taken differently in the past that will never be and the future we've had

Since we're all so different, we probably wouldn't be able to understand everyone, but there would sure be a lot more understanding. In my experience at least, I can understand and socialise with aspies a lot better, and it makes sense when you think about, for example if you don't look at a NT while you talk they'll get annoyed, whereas other aspies would understand the problems and be totally fine.

Yes. In a lot of ways it's nice. Laborous people are often good at practical, mundane tasks despite being stupid. In one way I wish they didn't have voting rights, but then they would naturally get neglected by society. Test that determines whether or not a person is "smart" enough to vote would be discriminating. Knowledge tests might've been useful... But what knowledge should be included. We're all just products of our mind viruses anyways. Maybe we should have to write a minimum two-page report about our reason for electing a certain party/candidate..? That's the only reasonable solution that wouldn't stigmatize people.

But the matter of fact is that there are too many aspects of society that people don't have enough knowledge about to make a reasonable decision regarding. We require the extremes or a preconcieved idea to make a decision. This has led to marijuana being illegal and alcohol legal for example. Alcohol is very harmful to both individuals and society as a whole. Marijuana is harmful to abusive personalities only and its beneficial qualities are completely ignored because of our ignorant decision making.

No, I don't want the entire world's population to have autism. But I do often wish the intelligent people were the ones to take care of complicated matters such as politics.

Sorry. The deaf people got their wish first. Now at least nobody will waste precious time listening to or creating music anymore. And as long as you carry a laptop or pad and pen with you at all times, or learn sign language, there will be no more miscommunication. Utopia!

No. If the entire world had AS, there would essentially be half of the world's population picking up the slack for the remaining half who are too absorbed in a non-functional interest (like watching tv, or playing video games) to be productive.

It's the same reason for why an AS colony would be a horrible idea. Even moreso horrible if only people with "on the record" AS dx's could participate. It would be more like 15% carrying the other 85%.

No, because I wouldn't be as unique and original as I am.