Autistic/Aspie Stereotypes you DO display?

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A lot of these things have applied to me in the past and if you had to have one generic principle for all of them it would soon bypass the original topic, most of us display a blank expression and others are responsible for making themselves look or feel awkward around others, but in my own little rush, there's no rush or answer fitting enough to do anything and besides, if you do suddenly get a feel good factor but are a little patchy about others knowing, you currently question yourself in sound judgement to yourself, validate then process,.

I can be an unappologetic b***h more concerned about logic and facts than coddling other peoples' illogical beliefs.

I love Excel. One of my special interests is keeping an archive of all my children's fancy clothing in Excel.

I can memorize numbers easily.

I am very smart, especially when it comes to obscure concepts that other people don't understand.

-I don't make a lot of eye contact though its not as bad with people I know.
-I do develop obsessions but not exactly the stereotypical aspie ones, like I enjoy metal so much I consider myself to be a metalhead I dress like one to usually, I am also pretty obsessed with psychedelic rock, also am really enjoying Game of Thrones, I like to learn about plants and herbs as well as drugs and how they effect people so one might find me reading up on that kind of stuff. I do really like cats, dogs and have always liked animals so I guess that is kind of stereotypical but aside from that my interests aren't really stereotypical...or maybe they are have to admit I don't pay much attention to what exactly the current AS stereotype is.
-I guess I do kind of like computer games and video games...especially since getting into League of Legends, but I balance it with other activities, like its not a main obsession really.
-I will go on about topics of interest, to the point people will get annoyed and point out I've been going on about it for 10 minutes.

Maybe some other things, but I don't know I more identify with the symptoms not really any stereotypes that have become common place.

A lot of people appear to get mixed up with stereotypes and symptoms.

Symptom: Special interests
Stereotype: Special interest in science

That's basically the differences between symptoms and stereotypes.

I don't have any of the ASD stereotypes, by the way. I'm just completely eccentric.

I guess I'd have to see a list of all the "stereotypes" altho skimming thru a lot of these are just the common diagnostic traits of our condition which I say I show a great majority of.

Was big into dinosaurs as a kid, did the whole little professor thing. I lecture and drone on about stuff with people that either can't keep up with me on or don't care about. I plan to work with computers, I spend considerable amount of time on them, I play some video games but I can't really keep up with it as a hobby as I don't have money for it.

One thing that has never fit me is the "Rain Man" stereotype that autistics are innately gifted at math, couldn't be further from the truth for me. I still struggle with basic math, I'm not sure how I'll be able to handle the math I'll have to deal with going back to school. Math may as well be another language to me.

1. I stim alot
2. I am atheist
3. I have a poor intonation(yell a lot)
4. I play games a lot
5. Argue a lot

I wonder if the OP meant traits instead of stereotypes? Is having above-average intelligence a stereotype or a trait? Is taking a toy police car apart to understand its mechanisms, as opposed to playing with it like the other kids, a stereotype or a trait? Some of the traits I do have are:
Inability to keep friends.
Saying the wrong things that make people turn away from me.
Noise sensitivity.
Light sensitivity.
Routine, schedule and destination I like to maintain that, if disrupted, can throw me into a downward spiral.
Special interests. In my case, historical methods of torture and executions, Martyrs Mirror, etc.
Social wallflower. Hate parties. Never went to a funeral. Been to only one wedding and I was dragged to it.
Hate small talk.
I stim to the point that it aggravates those around me.
I play video games a lot and know a lot about computers but this might be a stereotype, not a trait.
I wear the same thing everyday for weeks. This might also be a stereotype and not a trait. Then again I only have one pair of shoes and one pair of pants so it's not like I have a choice.
And I only eat the same thing everyday - corn, beans, peas, pasta and granola bars and fruits. This has more to do with the Jainism I've adopted as opposed to my preference, though.

- weird interests, especially when I was younger
- good at math/interested in it
- disruptive meltdowns
- often don't enjoy being with friends
- loner/have trouble making friends
- saying weird things (when I am stressed)

(A) I'm pedantic and perfectionist.
(B) I notice small things that others miss.
(C) I get hug up in details and miss the big picture.
(D) By nature I'm a very blunt communicator.
(E) I'm good at communicating via the written word, but bad at verbal communication.

That's why I was about to post this as my sole response to the thread, until I thought about it:

1. Eye contact. Well, LACK of eye contact, actually.
2. Extreme sensitivity to tags on clothing/light touch.
3. Obsessed with dinosaurs and space as a little kid.
4. Constantly correcting people.
5. Intense anxiety about things that don't deserve intense anxiety.

I'm overweight.
I'm agnostic.
I tend to eat the same foods a lot.
I have a hard time coping with abrupt changes.
I get stressed when around groups of people.
I dress in casual, functional clothes.
I find it hard to maintain proper hygiene.
I collect a lot of toys and figures.
I'm hyperlexic.
I have intense special interests. When I was younger it was Disney animation and Troll dolls, but now it's more video games and customizing/crafting dolls.
I practically live in front of a computer.
Have a strong sense of right and wrong.
Hate lying. Hate when others lie. Not good at being dishonest.
Pay close attention to details, especially when drawing or crafting.
Dislike makeup, cosmetics, and most female garments.
Sleeping problems (sleep schedules fluctuate a lot)
Like animals, tend to be more patient and understanding with them.
Sit wrapped in a comforter while in front of the computer or TV, which I find calming. Something like those therapy "hugging" chairs, maybe?
Sudden loud noises or movements can really freak me out.
Can be brutally honest. Speaks my mind, not shy about telling my feelings to others.
I worry about saying or doing something wrong or idiotic in social situations. Sometimes I will ask if I just said something wrong.


I'm single.
I don't have a paying job.
I don't drive a car or even ride a bike.
I have poor gross motor skills.
I loved swimming as a kid.

Weak/fluctuating eye contact.
Sound sensitivity.
Sensitivity to clothing.
Often stimming or stiffening.
Tendency to literal, concrete thinking and understanding.
Ultra focus or no focus.
Need much time alone.
Have worn trekking shirt and blac t-shirt for the last nine years.
Tend to forget to check in the mirror before I go out.

1. I can't make eye contact
2. I speak very loudly
3. My hair is rarely brushed
4. I often wear the same clothes
5. I plug my ears at loud sounds
6. I become obsessed with topics
7. easily distracted
8.I have no filter and accidentally say offensive things
9. I do things in the same way over and over

I'd say I'm pretty text book

Is being over weight a stereotype? I'm about 50 pounds overweight but I didn't think that had anything to do with autism

I don't think atheism is inherently a stereotype or at least not a decent one. I'm of no certain religion but have beliefs. Science comes first, then my thoughts. Other than that, I can't say I'm atheist. I don't even want to see the abolition of organised religion - I just want them to get their act together and evolve. Ancient texts written by men thousands of years ago are not simply "secondary source" but also translated and mistranslated and changed on purpose. You know how many books didn't make it into the Bible? It comes down to politics and controlling the populace when you at the highest level in the system. As at the very least a minanarchist, that disturbs me.

The Pope! That office can simply decide that Purgatory doesn't exist anymore! But what they are keeping is true. As there is some ridiculous notion that the Popes all receive divine inspiration. If there is a single God of all of existence then I think he's too busy watching supernovas to care about us.

Everybody should form their own ideas and practice them as long as they don't harm anybody, go for medical aid, refuse to convert, etc. but if they desire a framework or community, that should be available.

Atheism seems to lean towards the thought that since we're working out how the intricacies work, we are able to know there is no why. Hogs wash. Even if the very beginning was - and now I'm forgetting my science - what seemed to be an accidental "mixing" of matter (ugh, I'm probably way off with this), that doesn't mean that a) we know that it was accidental or where the aspects came from or b) whether anything grew to such a level afterwards that it may as well be God (potentially the Universe itself).

If people feel safe in it being random, that's fine. I refuse to believe that what I am saying is totally illogical. We can't know yet and while we should continue to seek knowledge, what's wrong with a witch lighting a candle for a dead relative, feeling that it will aid their passing? As long as the witch has bereavement therapy if she's struggling, there's no harm in that and I don't get why it is rational to want to destroy that.

To choose one point which has helped me in empathy, it would be: "Treat others as you want to be treated". Obviously taking out the details and dealing with the abstract, you get "If something comforts a person, don't trample on it as you would not wish for your comfort to be trampled on (and if you do it people are more likely to do it to you)".

Hate non-physically violent militant atheists and hate religious fundamentalists and faith terrorists. LOVE open-minded people of either some faith or no faith who are progressive. That's where progress lies.

I am rigid thinking but I am rigid thinking in the middle ground (except for politics in which I appear to be a far left radical libertarian - not to be confused with American Libertarianism).

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Sorry for the rant. One of my button pushers.

Stereotypes: some put in an unkind way to adhere to public misunderstanding

1. Rigid, stubborn, pedantic
2. Highly sensitive both emotionally and sensory
3. Actually certainly somewhere on the misophonic scale
4. Possible learning disorder (I know it isn't a requirement): dyscalculia
5. Freaks the Hell out at "nothing" (meltdown)
6. Selective mutism at times and verges close to some sort of catatonia (shutdowns)
7. Doesn't get the joke or, more commonly, laughs and then points at a completely different aspect which nobody gets
8. Weird voice, uncertain accent
9. Fixations but narrow knowledge lines of them (less lists though, more information facts)
10. Now that life is stressful, even "worse"; "unwilling" to watch new movies or read new books
11. Can't cook, clean, tidy as learned helplessness from comorbid issues is now routine
12. Clumsy; always the first to spill the drink all over herself, gets food everywhere, walks into walls, refuses to hold young children partially due to fear of dropping small human
13. Doesn't get what the hell you're saying and you don't get what the hell I'm talking about
14. Instantly forgets or zones out on verbal instruction
15. Blunt or overly apologetic to the point of annoyance, sometimes all at once
16. Above average intelligence but had to drop out of school because no can do humans and probably won't ever go to University for same reason
17. Though gets lonely and tries to have friends, gets frustrated that they are not as enthusiastic or structured with hobby activities and also don't function like fiction told me they do
18. Hate instant messaging
19. I probably won't come to your house and I probably won't let you in mine - social anxiety I'm actually going to beat
20. Outside social norm in a somewhat radical sense: genderqueer, polyamorous, rough kinkster (hate light unwanted touch but strong and desired is amazing), far left minanarchist, geek but on the outskirts because narrow interests (I hate GoT; too people-y and politics), female body and shaved head, eclectic occultist who doesn't fit in with them because they are silly
21. LOVES ANIMALS. Cats esp. and stroking a compliant cat is a soothing time and looks the slightest bit frantic, though not annoying the kitty
22. Violent feet paddling if lying down and stressed; comes with clenched jaw and can be stopped with will but if not strong enough, must have legs and feet bound
23. Holds people to potentially high standards but self to higher ones; perfectionist; obsessive-compulsive tendencies
24. Delayed empathy which can be bad enough that people relentlessly told me I was selfish, uncaring, etc. Went on crusade to change that before knowing possible reasons; now fixated
25. Can't understand why the world is such a mess; cognitively knows people are morons yet with such solutions out there, can't understand why esp. the rich and influential want to drive us and most of the planet to extinction
26. Long winded in conversation, interrupts, is waiting to speak, calls out any mistake, etc. while forgetting people get hissy about it
27. Can't smile on command and fake one looks constipated
28. Sees patterns; if author uses a word too much, wants to kill them.
29. Hates even slight changes in plan but not because of inconvenience, because it feels "wrong"
30. Mild to moderate alexithymia: I don't get why you feel that way but I don't know what I'm feeling at all so can we drop it?
31. Needs structure to learn anything well (unfortunately lacks ability to structure self entirely)
32. Loves tick off box to-do lists
33. Aside from the cats, prefers teddy to most humans
34. Ain't from these parts; Plutonian
35. Needs stuff to feel neat and lists should end in an odd number so here's 35.

Some of them are comorbid, some of them shows difference between sexes, all of them I've seen relating to ASD or specifically Aspergers. Won't be back in the thread because I fear my dislike of strong atheism goes against the norm in areas such as these. However, feel free to PM if there was something particular you are interested in beside religion or atheism.

I'm on the Internet too much.
I'm overweight.
People tell me that I look out the corners of my eyes.
I have unexpressive body language.
I can do repetitive work day after day and not get bored.
I have a narrow range of interests.
I have trust issues.
I can be too sensitive at times, and that causes me to run from here when I should tough it out and stay.
I can be a tightwad at times.
There are times that I overspend on things related to my special interests.