100 Ways to Annoy Somebody With Asperger's Syndrome

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Take them to a surprise party with large crowds of boisterous sports jocks.

When your son tells you that he has AS, act totally uninterested and finally ask some insignificant question like, "what causes it" just to avoid having to say nothing at all. Then change the subject to something inconsequential. This is what my mom did to me when I told her about it last Thanksgiving.

Say something judgmentally patronizing to the effect of "he's SO lonely" under circumstances that the Aspie cannot avoid overhearing, then make a show of running off with someone else while not even giving the Aspie a chance and while laughing at them.

Talk about them behind their back in a situation where the Aspie can hear the voices but cannot see the source. I have a creepy neighbor who does this.

And certainly many more to come. For a week or so now I've had another similar thread in mind but so far haven't gotten around to posting it yet. It will have a slightly broader scope but probably won't be as entertaining as this thread is. Watch for it soon.

When they tell you they may have AS, suddenly come out with ridiculous blubber like this:
"Awwwww, darling don't worry, you're completely normal."
"AS is just a label given to people to single them out; it's wrong."
"Well, I'm not taking you to get a diagnosis, it will stop you from getting a job in the future."

Insist that they don't have autism because someone you know has it and they are nothing like that.

Say they can't have autism because they are a girl.

Disturb their routine, then have a go at them when they have meltdown... (This annoys me so much. I mean one, I was at my gran's with my mother and her 'boyfriend', and he put SIX pizza fingers in the tray to cook instead of the SEVEN that I always have. I freaked out, and nearly had a meltdown in front of everyone. I jus shouted and whined and rocked back and forth on my chair instead. Then the idiot thought that it was because I was really hungry that I wanted 7, so he went and cooked 8! I threw one at him and then refused to eat the meal.)

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All the ones on the first page about "I think I have AS too because ______." and "Everybody has trouble socializing sometimes." That's what my Grandma does every time I try to explain AS to her.

A big one for me is, someone types half of a paragraph with impeccable grammar and punctuation but then they get lazy. (And they get all offended when you mention it.)

When he or she apologizes for having a celiac issue and turns down a sandwich, say, "Oh, but you can have WHITE bread, right?"

Use the word "wittle" rather than "little" in a sentence, particularly in saying, "When I was wittle...".

It makes me SICK.

Criticize (or interfere with) an Aspie for doing something, then turn around and do the exact same thing yourself.

Lead an Aspie on, then laugh at him for being so fickle as to believe it or cut him off.

Make misleading statements or behavior towards an Aspie regarding anything (similar to item above).

Put words into an Aspie's mouth that are not true. That is tell people that the Aspie does or thinks in a certain way that may or may not be true and is designed only to further an NTs own agenda or beliefs or to speculate about things the Aspie does not want you to know or that are none of your business to begin with.

Stick your nose into an Aspie's private life when he is trying his best to keep you out of it.

Be pushy and arrogant.

Ask an Aspie something then ignore what he says and change the subject.

or another twist to the same thing:

Ask an Aspie something then butt in and prevent the Aspie from answering. (my mom does this all the time... and she was the one who always barked out "don't interrupt me while I am talking" when my sister and I were kids).

Tell an Aspie that you will call them at a certain time, keep them sitting around wasting time while waiting for the call and then finally call them 30 minutes later when you know they will be doing other things.

Ask an Aspie "wuzzup". It sounds so dumb and ignorant. The double meaning comment from the item below also applies here.

Use the line "have a good one" especially if you then turn around and do everything in your power to ensure that this does not happen. I just hate this line and at one time was considering a separate post about this. Have a good what? Does this have a double meaning with some kind of sexual connotation? Is this line only used by cowards who lack the guts to say what they really mean? There is a song by the Moody Blues called "Say what you mean" with the line in it that goes "Say what you mean, mean what you say" that seems to especially apply here.

And more annoyances to come...

Get annoyed at them for ordering a small drink as "regular drinks are only 50 cents more and you get like 3 times the amount of the drink". From now on, I will buy kids combos, as they LOVE it when you buy combos. The large drinks are like a jug.

This was at a movie theater. If you ordered a regular drink, you will miss have the movie. I don't think I have to explain why. I'd order a small drink if it cost $10 and they had a deal on their large drinks and it was 2 for $4, I'd still get the small. I don't like taking pop home, it just goes flat. Everyone who I go to the movies with always orders coke and I don't drink coke so we can't share it. It's about size not money.

??? repeatedly ignoring facts without having any. Then yelling louder and louder, expecting themselves to be" right" and you "wrong".

??? continuing a list past 100 when it could of been 99.0001 ......... decimals,... anybody??

-Write a song saying that people with their (the aspie's) strongly held beliefs are stupid. Even if it's a parody.

One thing that's really annoying is when a store is being built nearby and the sign in front of the construction site says "coming soon," and three years later, it's still not finished. Soon is such a vague term. It has no meaning in that context. I congratulate Target. A Target Supercenter is being built nearby. There's a sign in front of it featuring the exact date it will open which is later this summer. I am going to be monitoring the situation, making extra sure this supercenter opens when the sign in front says it will. I will be annoyed if it doesn't.