List of Aspie traits?

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My list according to me (andy anyone who told me what I was doing)

bounce leg/foot
sit on legs
well above average intellegents
odd speaking paterns (stamering/ adding sentences in the wrong place/ very formal speaking)
good at memorizing usless facts that I would tell people if the situation some how relates to it.
dosn't like to wear clothes
like rolling around my bed and burrowing under the blankets and cushins and hugging stuffed animals when excited and happy.
like to rock (especially on a swing)
like to bounce
like to pace while listening to music
can remember a song by just listening to it once and can edit it to my liking. (I don't know why I have an mp3 player)
Good at physics
Good at science
Can teach a class on anyone of my obsessions
stare at things like ant hills and anything that is moving/blinking/spining/shining. etc
have mindblindness
lack TOM
have Faceblindness
still act like a child.
would like to wear the same clothes over and over again.
don't like change
say things before thinking
think too hard when talking
very sensetive to smells
sensetive to sounds
sensetive to sight
becomes easly scared of other people
likes to look at food while eating it

can't really think of anymore

lack of eye contact
repetitive behavior
trouble focusing
meltdowns
shutdowns
trouble making friends
sensitive to light and sound

I am new to this site, and have never been formally diagnosed, and realised that I might have Asperger's recently. My list is as follows:

Poor verbal skills (Speaks softly and in monotones)
Inability to express myself verbally (always seem to say something different than what I was planning to say)
Problems with maintaining eye contact in conversation
Fiddling with my hands (rubbing fingers together, tapping fingers on tabletop)
Good with computers, and technical stuff in general.
Good with animals (much better than with people)
Poor motor co-ordination
Very sensitive to sudden sounds (eg. phone ringing)
Very single-minded. (Once concentrating on something will forget all else, even eating and going to the toilet!)
Gets into a flat spin very easily.
Quite useless at organising anything. (Much better at doing things than getting things done)
It takes me a while to adapt to change, not comfortable with it.
Always trying to analyse other people's behaviour, especially negative behaviour.
Accepts what I am told without question.
Very uncomfortable with people I do not know.
Gets anxious in crowded places.
Frequent mood swings.

That's it for now. will post again when I remember some more

I Have frequent bouts of sensory overload . If someone speaks to me I can't answer in time. But I remember what they have said later and get mad at my self for not being able to express my self.

Well, I have many of the already mentioned things, but have not seen these mentioned yet:

Always have music playing in my mind, even when sleeping! If I wake during the night, I can hear the song.

I am also a tooth clicker, frequently clicking my teeth in rhythm to the mind song. I've looked up before in public to find people staring at me, and realized I was doing the clicking thing without realizing it.

Tics. Always had them in some form.

Stomach sleeper. I never realized that was a part of AS. Now I'm too overweight to do it, and I really miss it. I have chronic shoulder pain, and sleeping on them is very uncomfortable. I simply CANNOT sleep on my back.

Poor Verbal skills, which only improved after ALOT of talking. It's funny, I love to talk.
Difficulty expressing myself verbally. Sometimes I just can't find the words despite a high vocabulary.
Inability to maintain eye contact in conversation.
Alot of stims with my hands. I like to feel things, pick things, touch things.
Numerous twitch tics.
My twitch tics actually set off my sensitivity to touch, as my body reacts with a shiver every time I have a large twitch. So I'm immediately aware of every single one.
Could be good with computers if the techincal held my attention long enough.
Great with video games
Good with animals.
Below average motor skills
Bad hand-eye coordination
Sensitive to sudden an unexpected stimuli. Sound and touch mostly. I will litereally jump out of my skin if you touch me unannounced, and sometimes WHEN announced.
Singleminded.
Unreasonable during debates and arguements.
Unreasonable in general.
Analisys of other people. Talking, action, habits, everything.
Able to randomly go up to other people for conversation, but extremely awkward if one on one. Actually better with Group conversation.
Extremely fearful of, and sensitive to change.
Mild echolalia, and in ability to block out, my father, when he speaks. He says wierd annoying things... things I hate.. .but then I repeat them to myself later on.(I've even yelled at him to stop but he tells me he can't help it.)
Nearly absolute refusal to do nearly anything my father says. With most things, I'll actually eschew doing something I enjoy IF he Tells me to do it.
Was once highly gullible, but this has evolved into an inability to trust people and paranoia.
I think in extremes and absolutes.
Meltdowns(rare)
Shutdowns(Extremely Rare)
I take people literally too often, unable to discern deception and veiled sarcasm.
No aptittude for Theory of Mind.
Racing thoughts.
Mental Exhaustion.
High ability to remember faces, but low ability at remembering names.
Bad Hygeine.
Strange sense of humor.
Tendency to pick out strange references.
Laugh at said references.
Alone in my noticing of said references.
Obsessive and Addictive personality.
I hate being caught off guard.
Strange sleeping habits.
Terrible memory.

Narrow interests.
Decent social skills (took me years of practicing but i've got it)
Talking less than people around me.
Good sence of humour, i can usually get anyone to laugh.
Likeable, people like being around me.
Good at making friends.
Bad at keeping friends for long periods.
Sleeping problems.
Not such good memory.
Poor motor skills.

Some of mine....
sometimes speak without thinking first
likely to remember the little details than the big picture
I like to stay organized with some things but not others
Stims-rocking/flapping/twitching
can stammer sometimes
don't like being touched by people I dont know
limmited eye contact
perceive some high frequency sounds
fast learner
good in absorbing facts
no interest in small talk
like reading about my interests /obsessions
honest
straightforward
tend to think in pictures
prefer routine
dislike routines being changed
dislike in being interupted
good organization skills when I have an interest
quite blind to body language
interest in technical
memory for facts
Lack social skills
have a practical intelligence
Fast reader

High Functioning Autism

Avoid social settings with unknown people
Avoid eye contact
Avoid anything new where possible otherwise very nervous
Will cary on speaking even if nobody seems interested
Trouble on the give/take of conversation
Fussy eater
Clumbsy, bumping into things
Take things literally, like precision
Very nervous when doing new things
Very quiet around people I don't know
Don't make chitchat
Poor posture, some difficulty walking in a straight line
Struggle to adhere to the norms of hygiene
Problems with sleeping
Speaking softly
Very fast reader
Don't like change
Get frustrated easily
Better written than verbal communication skills
Completely unwilling to be the focal point of attention, on the stage or with everyones attention me for whatever reason makes me extremely nervous to the point where I can't even think.
Find it difficult to lie
When totally focussing on on something of complexity I hate any background noise
Can concentrate on something for long periods of time
Gifted, highly intelligent
Excellent problem solver & creativity
Procrastinator
Like maths, science & programming
Avoid normal greetings like handshakes & chitchat, direct to the point
In conversation I normally just manage a smile, find it difficult to know what to say, feel awkward
Get distracted easily, I'll forget what I was doing originally if I start doing something else
I go downstairs/upstairs sometimes I forget why I even went there.
I do something emphatically then switch to something else.
Very logical, methodical & analytical
Like things to be organised in a methodical way
I talk to myself a lot
I feel compelled to correct my own mistakes if I see them
Fast typist
Good with numbers
Poor with faces & names
Very fidgety with my hands and feet, do things like tap my foot or my fingers, twiddle with a pen, I hold my two hands together a lot, scribble on paper, make patterns with the pen.
Good long-term memory, think in pictures, I sometimes think the page of the book where I learnt the information to recall knowledge
Poor short-term memory, If I've got something in my hand and I put it down it takes me ages to find it
Poor personal management, I work efficiently from lists
Dreamy state, like observing rather than participating
Don't like sports
Poor at art

Some of my quirks, which may or may not be related to AS.

Physical:
Unusual Gait
Bad posture
Poor coordination
Toe-walking (though never in public, now)
I often seem to "forget" how to walk normal when stressed
Inconsistent/messy handwriting
Inappropriate facial expression responses while listening
I don't like shaking hands

Social Skills
My voice is often too quiet, although to me "normal loudness" feels like I'm shouting; my voice is still quite childish. I am frequently asked if I am German because I apparently talk with a slight German accent (I am British) -which I think might be a monotone thing, or the way I structure sentences, otherwise my accent is called "Posh" because I talk proper!

I have no clue that someone is flirting with me, I think I'm getting better at recognising this, but it's like a creepy "spider sense" of a threat, which makes me want to leave ASAP.

I need to know that I can trust someone before I will open up and be myself with him or her.

I don't like being around people, I have no desire to "show and tell" if I saw something amazing, I probably wouldn't tell the people around me.

I have limited social contact, and feel I need time to rest and recuperate (down time) after being around people.

I find it hard to maintain conversation past a few pleasantries, small talk is difficult, and I often lose interest in it.

I also have tendency to splice words when talking, in my mind I have the choice of 2 words and out comes a hybrid, so I'll say, "press the bunob" for, press the button/knob.

I find it easy to spot people being bogus, affecting a personality or something, when I point out that they are not really into something, and only pretending to like something/ be something, they get upset.

Senses:
Sight- excellent vision, above normal colour perception, cannot cope with brightness/light well, detest florescent lights, they have a bizarre shimmer to them/flicking. As an aside, one of my eyes perceives cooler colours better, and the other warmer colours better.

Smell- above normal sense of smell, can't tolerate strong smells.

Touch- have a wardrobe which is dictated by AS, soft jersey cotton fabrics, loose fitting clothes, though prefer not to wear anything if possible. don't like being touched, by people, or even things, especially if it brushes me. I tense if someone touches me, or heaven forbid hugs me.

Taste-I think my sense of taste is better than most, I have foods that are just to much for me, especially something like chilli, even bell peppers burn my mouth for hours. Some sensitivity to certain textures in my mouth...but a lot of NT's seem to have that too (think chewing on a cotton wool ball)

Hearing- I have good hearing, I can hear those mosquito ring tones still, even though only teenagers and younger are supposed to hear them. If I'm watching TV I always have to turn it up if someone else wants to watch. I hate sudden loud noises like car horns and bangs, and will visibly jump. I pick up on noises that other people don't, like the buzzing of the ballast in fluorescent lights. I also find it difficult to hear what someone is saying above background conversation or noise-an inability to "filter".

I have some degree of cycling between which sense is hypersensitive over time (as others here have also said) however my senses are better than normal all the time

Memory
My long-term memory is kinda freaky, especially if combined with an area of interest.
People I know have often asked if I forget anything, because I can bring up what they said or did years in the past.

My short-term memory however is awful, if someone asked me what they just said, I wouldn't have a clue. If someone tells me what to do and there are more than a couple of things, I will forget most of them. So I make lists for most things I need to do.

Sleep
I take hours and hours to get to sleep; I just don't seem to be able to switch off.
I sleepwalk when stressed- which probably has nothing to do with AS

I like to feel restrained while sleeping. As a child this meant sleeping under heavy quilts (even in midsummer) and was always very upset if they were removed. I still wrap myself tightly in bedding to achieve a feeling of confinement.

Miscellaneous
I like to wear the same clothes, day after day, after day. But can't stand the smell before long, so have to change. I have these odd preferences for things, like certain cutlery, or a certain plate, or something, which I'd prefer to use everyday.

I'm very honest, and self-deprecating.
-At job interviews I am unable to "sell myself" which I of course took literally when I was told to try, and caused a scene at the employment office because of this misunderstanding.

I have a preference for a daily routine, and find it hard to be flexible about this.

I am childish in my personality and preferences. I am still waiting to become a proper adult.

I have trouble recognising people. When I do recognise them it is primarily because of the shape of their teeth, which I guess relates to the fact that I look at the mouths of people who are speaking.

I generally look at the horizon, through people, rather than at them.

I procrastinate. I need to gather all of the background information before I can proceed.
So I either run out of time, or hand in work, which I am not happy with.

My total concentration is given to my preoccupation at the expense to everything else that needs to be done. If my concentration is forced from my preoccupation I become very irritable.

I have been described as a person who "reacts against pressure" in too many school reports

I often don't get jokes that rely on word play

Eye to eye contact does not come naturally, and when I do it, it feels incredibly intense.

I get nothing out of watching sport/dance

I drift from conversations into a dreamy state and I am often caught out at this

edit..

oh and an inability to cope with heat.

These are basically my own traits... makes me wonder how I could possibly doubt that im on the spectrum tbh

Enjoy long monologues
Will perform these monologues to oneself
Arranged toys in rank and file as a child
Imaginative play concerned with attention to detail
Obsessive compulsive traits
Social ineptitude
Eye contact feels uncomfortable
Dislikes being touched by strangers
Attracted to certain textures
Synesthetic experience
Highly sensitive to different sensory inputs
Lacks empathy (cognitive not affective)
Walks on balls of feet
Walks on sides of feet
Stiff posture
Non standard prosody (tone of speech)
Sometimes regresses into childlike state
Meltsdown/Shutsdown during periods of stress
Loves order - disorder causes varying degrees of anxiety
Obsessive interests which can consume life and eclipse other concerns

My traits:
-Extremely sensitive to tastes and textures
-Excellent memory, both short-term and long-term (although long-term is particularly extraordinary)
-One-track mind: inability to see multiple solutions to a problem
-Can make decent eye contact, though it must seem very artificial to others
-Very curious or completely uninterested, and nothing inbetween
-Attention to detail, inability to see the bigger picture: I can recite whole dialogues after a movie, but I can't summarise it clearly
-Inept at all forms of social contact
-Very clumsy
-Inable to sense "where" my body is, this is very hard to explain but it leads to a whole lot of bumping into things and knocking things over
-Completely uninterested in and incapable of small talk
-Sometimes paranoid, I never really trust anyone
-This seems very un-aspie: I like being touched by people I like, especially when it's a form of affection, like a hug
-Completely lose sense of time when doing something I like
-Never accept anything because it just "is" that way, I always need an explanation
-Excellent verbal ability: early reader, great speller
-Overanalyzing everything
-Unable to clearly say what I am thinking: I start a thought and never finish it...
-Very monotonous way of talking and especially reading out loud
-Search for patterns everywhere
-When I was a kid, I had a million little rituals (rinsing my mouth exactly three times after brushing my teeth, packing things in the same order every time etc...)
-Sometimes form an emotional attachment to objects
-I like "repetitive" things
-Strange, yet "good" sense of humour. I'm very creative at this and can often come up with multiple puns seconds after hearing something
Also, some people said "intuitive with animals", what do you mean by that?