Outrageous asperger myths and stereotypes

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Psychiatitst (after mentioning that I think I have AS) "You can't have that that's something diagnosed in children and there's no pill for that and this is a place that gives pills." Current Psychiatirist "Perhaps you have it" fast forward to a report to go back to college (that I needed) So you are diagnosed with Asperger's and a mood disorder right? Me: Yes.

If you dont look autistic, you must not be autistic...I get this one alot
What am I supposed to look like????

That all of us are "logical". That jealousy is a female trait aspies don't suffer from. That our intelligence is high. That we are clever and furthermore, more clever than NTs.

'Outrageous Asperger myths and stereotypes', you say?

That one about how we all have penises is probably the worst, I reckon.

The most absurd steretype I've come across relating to people whom are autistic, is that most autistic people are engineers and computer programmers..Unfortunately that is not completely accurate and wish that a certain party would quite saying such things as if that is the gospel truth..

I swear, people have no sense at all these days.
That myth about souls is a lie. I have 13!
But I do hate sports.
People should embrace their AS, others should drop dead
that is no myth.

I once said to a girl that I know that I though everything would be so much easier if everybody in the world had AS. She had no idea that I had it.

She said: "Yeah right, then we would all be like... (She then crossed her eyes, made her face look disfigured and rolled her head in circles and made a low humming sound)".

I've also heard that we're all blatantly inappropriate and know-it-allish for fun. Like, if someone said "Cactuses" I would correct them and say "They're called Cacti", not because I'm trying to show off or anything, but it genuinely bothers me when someone uses incorrect grammar.


And then there's the stereotype that we're notoriously bad at things like texting. Like, 8 words a minute bad. Not because we're bad at typing on a tiny phone, but because we have to type out every word in proper English in a text.

And finally, the stereotype that we will wander aimlessly around stores for hours when we've split up from a group. I find that people in my family believe I'm having fun and want something to spend my money on. HOWEVER, it is quite the opposite for the Great Oresama. I will wander around aimlessly through a store because I'm looking for the person or people I separated from. And often, I forget what they're wearing or even sometimes what they look like (Scary!).

My mother is a curebie and even now that I live on my own at 25, she still likes to try and force "helpful advice" on me. Her most recent suggestion was that ASD would go away if I exercised more.

And my favorite: "But you're normal!"

Someone told me once that AS people "have no empathy." I don't think that's true. It seems like a lot of people on here have empathy. It's not like psychopathy.