Autistic/Aspie Stereotypes You Don't Display?

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I don't know why being fat and/or ugly is a stereotype of Autism. I don't know who dragged that from I don't know where.

It seems that people get away with offending Autistics, and these offensive stereotypes become accepted by Autistics/Aspies themselves, but if someone was to call a different race or neurotype (neurotype other than AS) fat and ugly, then whoever the stereotype originally came from would probably get shamed for racism.

1. I get sarcasm and other subtle social languages.

2. I like being touched and giving hugs, etc.

3. I do not have a lack of empathy.

4. I suck at Math and hate it with a passion.

5. I make eye contact.

6. I am adaptable to change.

7. No monotone voice.

8. No meltdowns and am very laidback.

9. I am a very social being.

It seems I have a more emotional, less formal/pedantic style of communication than most people on this site. It seems like I understand sarcasm and body language much easier as well. I have high intelligence but don't consider myself unemotional or ultra-logical. I kind of envy the unemotional types though. They are less neurotic and easier going than me. My life would be easier if I was a stiff Mr. Spock and didn't have so many damn emotions. I could just use "reason" and I'd never get annoyed with people, envy people, feel unsatisfied, or get grated with ennui and confusion in my quest to find happiness. If I know there's no good rational reason to ever feel unhappy ( because other people have it so much much worse off ) I can just tell myself that and shut off my depression like a switch. How nice it would be to just go through the motions of life without ever needing to feel a thing.

Nessa and Joe90: There was an article on this forum about how people with ASD are more likely to be obese. I think that's where the idea that there's a stereotype that people with ASD are fat comes from. However, there have also been articles saying that people with ASD tend to be underweight. I guess both could be true in that we are likely to go to extremes. When we start eating, we keep going, have an addictive personality and we can also be really picky eaters and forget to eat and not eat enough. Of course it's only "more likely to be" so it's not all of us.

Fat is definitely not the last thing I would want to have associated with ASD. I don;t mind that association. I suppose the worst thing to have associated with it would be violent psychopathy or something.

Well I'm slim but not underweight. I just eat normally. There are more NTs that I know of who are overweight or underweight. I only know 2 Aspies, both are average weight. Sometimes it's in your genes.

I have been reading articles that obesity is becoming a higher rate in Britain now.

Another one:-

When somebody says ''it's raining cats and dogs'' I don't dash to the window and go, ''I don't see any cats and dogs falling.'' Instead I use my logic mixed with common sense and think, ''cats and dogs don't fall from the sky, it's impossible, they mean it's pouring down with rain.''

I am not 4 years old - I do understand what that means.

I don't speak in a monotone (but for years I had a problem with talking too loudly).
I can feed, clothe, dress myself and live in my own apartment.
My parents can take me to social places without it being a huge disaster (contrary to what Autism $peaks wants you to believe).
I am mildly technophobic. I don't understand hashtags or Twitter or most social media nonsense.
I don't usually take things too literally, although my mom has said otherwise.
I am more into art and animation and crafts than technology. But I do like science.
I like shopping as long as it's for my special interests.
I feel empathy for people less fortunate than I am.
I'm not shy.

- I'm not obsessed with Sonic or Minecraft.
- I can actually do well in social situations, provided I'm around the right people
- I don't live with my parents
- I don't eat the exact same thing every day
- I can actually be fairly empathetic
- I can swear like a sailor in certain situations
- I hate doing math, and I don't enjoy logic puzzles
- I tend to be extremely emotional

-Female
-Not clumsy. If anything, I'm less likely the accident prone than most people around me. Except for my own handwriting...
-Not obsessed in trains, Sonic, or minecraft.
-I'm not fat. Hell, I'm underweight and even trying to gain more weight.
-I'm not number smart. But I prefer logic alone.
-I have imagination.
-I'M as emotional as the NTs around me.
-I'm independent enough to live alone.
-I'm into arts than techs. But I'm into techs than social stuff.
-I hug my mom a lot. Though it's true I hate being touched.
-I don't do meltdowns (anymore)
-I'm not ANTI-social, but I'm Asocial.
-I'm especially not ret*d.
-Ugly is a subjective term. Cultural too. It's in human instinct to favored whose physical proportions that are symmetrical, and certain 'right' size of the proportion. The cultural part is whose skin is fairer or darker, fatter or skinnier. And no, no one called me unattractive in a serious way.
-And lame is also a subjective term. Not all cultures appreciates the same way, let alone individually.

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