100 Ways to Annoy Somebody With Asperger's Syndrome

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Tell her you need her to take you to the store to buy a newspaper. After 2 hours at the store, have her write a check for $50 for all the stuff you bought--none of which was a newspaper. (My mom did this to me. At the time, it irritated the hell out of me, but now that she's gone, it's kind of funny--kind of...)

Drag her to the mall the weekend after Thanksgiving when she's made it perfectly clear that she hates crowds and she wouldn't want to go even if Bill Gates was there handing out his bank account numbers, and then keep her there for 4 hours because you're not done screwing around. (My sister-in-law did this 4 years ago--I still haven't forgiven her, nor do I expect to...)

I hate 21... they know that, so now instead of trying to make me "normal" their trying to get me to be "fully functional" instead, but they use it in exactly the same way and tone.

I'd rather 22 to to the alternative of them talking to me... I'd prefer they leave me alone.

I HATE 50... I freak out EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

# Put loud TV screens at the end of every isle of the store to shout at them as they walk by.
# Get upset when they need extra time to adjust to schedule changes even if the new activity is something they wanted to do, and refuse to let them do it because they didn't immediately run do it excitedly.

Mouth something to them, even though they've told you they can't lip read.

Put a map on a website, with clear signs showing the road numbers and arrows to the car park. Make sure to include a written description underneath it describing an entirely different route than the arrows.

Suggest that one's "autistic behavior" is a form of "manipulative behavior."

I HATE HATE HATE HATE that. I get it all the time at church, along with other "motives" I supposedly have, like seeking attention, and laziness.

Tell them that you have empathy despite the fact that society splits in to small subgroups each of which doesn't truly understand the other, look down upon each other and even between individuals your discussions are often governed by heartless norms rather than empathy.

Now that you mention it, "attention-seeking" also came up.

This one for sure!! Or keep getting in my face yelling "calm down!" they might as well be yelling "bang your head!" because that's all it makes me do

Ask "whatcha readin'?" and then become uncomfortable and wander off when I actually try to answer the question. After all, you did ask...



Agreed. Some warning would be nice. It took me years to warm up to FB, and it takes me weeks to figure out each set of increasingly intrusive changes.

My neighbor is guilty of this, yet I can't criticize her because I'm young enough to be her granddaughter...
Keep your door open at least 12 hours per day so that you can see all the other neighbors going in and out. When you see the Aspie, ask, "Where are you going?" When the Aspie replied that she was "going out", ask her, "I know you're going out, but where?"

(I feel so annoyed while typing this out, ha.)

use subtle sarcasm. i dare you.

I think it is clear that from this text the idea that we somehow have less empathy than other people is a load of ass.

Insist on tagging along wherever they go. Repeatedly criticize what they do and say the whole way.

Say "what do you want to do today?" Make it clear that continuing what they were doing before you asked is not an acceptable answer. Provide no input of your own.

While doing some shared activity, criticize them. If they take more than two seconds to bounce back, accuse them of "sulking" and "ruining" the rest of the activity. Bonus points for claiming that they've retroactively "ruined" everything enjoyable that happened before.

On the way home from one place, ask to go to some other place.

Refuse to go anywhere without them. Then complain that you are bored.

Contemptuously mock them for any signs of distress. Then mock them for "running away" if they try to leave. If you really want to pull out all the stops, do not under any circumstances let them out of your sight or stop talking to them when you see them starting to melt down and then, once they finally lose it, never ever forgive them for "verbally abusing" you.

"Broadcast" important information that they need to do their jobs by dropping it in the middle of private conversations with your buddies. Expect this information to propagate by the same means to the aspies in your office, and hold them accountable when it doesn't.

Take away their cubicle walls on the theory that an open office plan facilitates "open communication". Make sure they are within line of sight of their coworkers at every moment of every day.... being required to constantly keep up their "public" face is a proven way to improve the quality of their code. Be sure to sneak up on them randomly, just to make sure they stay aware of their surroundings instead of getting absorbed by pointless crap such as writing code.

yes! people think i have no feelings and dont care about anyone else. WHoreshite
what do they want us to do, hold a big banner and use expressive dance with twirls and cartwheels