What Aspie's traits do you not exhibit?

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and girls have more empathy than guys; whether they're an aspie or not. It may be more of a gender thing.

aspergers affects girls in a different way than it does guys

I thought of some more -

Limited Imagination - I have lots of imagination...when I was a kid, I made up imaginary scenarios for my stuffed animals all the time, I had/have imaginary friends, and a steady flow of fanfiction ideas.

Inability to lie - I can tell some white lies in a pinch - not about really big things, or when there's a lot at stake, though. I'm mostly honest when I know it will be helpful, and I do it as nicely as I can.

I don't tend to talk on and on about my interests....I usually just mention one or two things about them and that's it.

Meltdowns
Need for routine
Honesty
Excessive morality

You are right. I've read in magazines that women do generally have more empathy than men and children. Maybe men and children have empathy in their own way, I don't know.

I speak in a regular voice rather than monotone
I have empathy
I can understand sarcasm
I have imagination

That's all I can think of ATM.

I used to think that I had good empathy and no meltdowns.

I have been educated about both issues. My wife now tells me in plain English what responses I should have to certain emotionally loaded things she says. This makes us both much happier because my behavior was often not quite what I thought it was, and in some way this has to with the lack of a particular kind of empathy. I now recognize that certain moments of what I think of as healthy and natural emotional expression are actually metldowns. Mea culpa, world--this does seem to be something that just happens and I have little control over it.

When I was younger I had a weird (often flat) voice, but that went away during puberty.

The thing I really don't have is any problem with figures of speech, sarcasm, or imagination.

My most obvious one is probably my tolerance of sensory stimuli. I've never been bothered by certain specific scents, touch, lights/visual stimuli. Only sounds have ever bothered me beyond the average, and even that has decreased with the years.

I remember my boss, who did have some experience working with autistics, keep asking me whether or not certain sensory stimuli were bothering, to which I always replied 'no'. Later, I'd visit autistic gymnastics rooms that had these toned down colours, and cinemas that had special lighting to accomodate to autistics, and I was reminded that I had never had to deal with that in my childhood. But that's pretty much the one thing off the symptoms list that I didn't tick, so to speak.

I think both the 'lack of imagination' and 'lack of a sense of humour' traits attributed to autistics stem from a narrow definition of either concept. I believe what they mean in both cases is that the imagination and humour as they relate to other people, is lacking (to greater or lesser degree). It's not so much that they're contesting that autistics can't imagine a whole fantasy world of wonder in our own heads, it's more that we have trouble imagining what's going on in someone else's head at any given point. As for the humour, I can say from experience that sometimes peope believe that I didn't get a joke, when I actually did- but apparently I gave off the wrong reaction, so they figured I didn't understand it. Also, there's the aspect of literal interpretation that can sometimes pose a problem.

I don't talk on and on about things with disregard to the listener.

I don't speak in with a monotone voice.

I've learned to make eye contact - most of the time.

I don't get physically close to someone when I speak to them.

I do get jokes but not always sarcasm.

I understand facial expressions - most of the time.

I'm not overly trusting. In fact, I barely trust anyone, that's why I don't have a roommate.

I do acknowledge others are around me.

I don't have an unusual gait.

1). I have empathy.
2). I do not have a special interest (well, I don't think I do however maybe people I know may disagree).
3). In many respects I tend to put myself 2nd & the other person 1st.

I never talked on time. I was a late talker- I couldn't speak until I was about 3.

-I don't tend to monologue

-I understand sarcasm and utilize it quite a lot

-I am a terrible mathematician

-I have a pretty vivid imagination

I'm pretty much a textbook Aspie but you could say:
* I have a bouncy, not a monotone voice.
* I can be too trusting and naive, but also jaded and suspicious (gee, I wonder where THAT comes from?)
* I was a late talker but this is likely due to auditory issues not autism.
* I'm an EXCELLENT driver and highly skilled forklift operator (seriously!)

Majority of repetitive body movements, but i don't know what the percentage of aspies that also don't happen.
But during my hypomania i tend to incline to move my body, specially when i'm listen musics. I can't to say that this movements happen unwittingly but also can't to say that i make voluntarily this movements, is complicated to explain. I need to liberate the energy that accumulate during this ''transe'', make me happy.
I'm not conclusively an aspie, but i'm inside of spectrum.

Majority of repetitive body movements, but i don't know what the percentage of aspies that also don't happen.
But during my hypomania i tend to incline to move my body, specially when i'm listen musics. I can't to say that this movements happen unwittingly but also can't to say that i make voluntarily this movements, is complicated to explain. I need to liberate the energy that accumulate during this ''transe'', make me happy.
I'm not conclusively an aspie, but i'm inside of spectrum.

- A variety of interests
- Interested in others
- Not monotone
- Imaginative

I don´t stare.
I am not monotone.
I don´t lack the ability to show empathy (aspies are empathic, but some don´t know how to show it)
I recognize facial expression most of the time.
I understand sarcasm and irony, - and sometimes I use them myself.
I don´t have problems talking to people, I don´t know.
I have many interests.
I don´t lack imagination.