Reporting people with Aspergers to the police?

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just quoted this to point out that the name is wrong for the quote in your post (not a big deal but it can be confusing if coming into the thread late)

Precisely...and, I was just starting to feel close enough to an NT person in my sixth form, to tell them about Asperger's.- Now, that's never going to happen.

Staying in the dark won't change anyone's mind, if we want people to know about AS and what it really is, we have to be the ones to tell them, they'll hear everything under the sun mixed with speculation and suspicion, and it's up to us to give them the facts because we're pretty much the only ones that have them.
I'm not going to tell you what to do, but I think not telling people the truth and getting them to face reality, will only make the situation and awareness worse.

This is pretty much it people, they've given us two choices, to either live in secret and be feared and hated blindly, or to fight back and give people the facts about a condition they know nothing about.
Their ignorance and fear are making our lives that much more hard, and I say enough is enough, it's time we as a community (a people even) make a stand against what they're throwing at us and give as much as we're given (if not more). Are we really going to sit back and let other people make decisions for us? Are we really prepared to have to conceil who we are because of their fear and ignorance?
When are we going to stand up for our rights and say enough is enough?

Friggin' morons think that having aspergers is a mental illness or makes someone prone to go off the deep end.

Just pisses me off to no end.

Actually, it doesn't, I generally can't figure out why people think the way they do so don't care.

Uh huh. Anyone else getting troll vibes from the comment in question?

i do not enjoy my enocounters with the cops....

used to be an inevitable meltdown....from them shining their spot light in my eyes to their siren/flashing blue and red lights.....

built for a meltdown.....

i've learned to do better now...keep my cool...hands on the wheel...tell them im my condition and it goes a little better...

the bad thing is now, they're going to be suspicious of people who have AS, which is inevitable unless we start giving more facts about the condition

My aunt once was visiting my house and on her way out she was so disturbed by the strange things my crazy neighbor said to her that she went right to the police station after she left. They told her that they knew about her (she called the cops a lot herself, either with made up stuff or delusions that she thought were real) and that nothing could be done until she actually did something.

The cops were once called on me for my "suspicious behavior" at a store and I was falsely arrested for "shoplifting." But it only happened once and my life wasn't ruined at school. It was a humiliating experience and by Monday, everyone knew about it because I was seen inside the police car by kids who knew me and someone from my school saw me being pulled over in the parking lot of a grocery store and you know how word spreads fast in small towns. I even hid in the basement for the whole weekend and I didn't even want to go to school on Monday but mom made me go and instead kids were sympathetic and they didn't jump to any conclusions and I got teased for a few weeks about me being pulled over and kids kept asking me about it and saying "it does look like a parking lot" because I was on the wrong side of the road thinking it was part of the parking lot. There were no curbs so it was all asphalt across the way with the gas station and store so it looked all big one parking lot.

Her. It was a female paediatrician and it was about 12 years ago IIRC.

Hate to say it, but if you think this is new you've been either very lucky or living under a rock.

I've been reported to the police multiple times, for things like raising my voice to get my kids' attention, shaking and pacing, or crying in public.

It got bad enough that I started believing I really must be a monster, and that I developed severe agoraphobia at least as far as leaving the house alone with my kids was concerned.

This isn't new. It's just going to get more common.

There is nothing you can do to stop it. I guess some-- maybe most-- NTs are more intelligent than this, but the fact is that there are still a lot of ignorant, emotional, reactionary herd animals out there. It's going to be bad for a while.

When the cops show up, be polite and friendly. Offer them a cup of coffee, or tell them about your special interests. That's my plan-- coffee, an introduction to the kids, enough information on AS and gardening to make them want to run away, and hope they're allergic to cats. "Hey, guys, stay as long as you want, but you're going to have to talk to me while I scoop kitty poo."

Be understanding-- chances are they're doing their job and don't want to be there any more than you want them around. They're not the ones who are out to get you-- that would be the as*hole who called you in for talking out loud to yourself or whatever. Chances are, after a couple of calls, you'll be on a first-name basis with the local cops (and that's not a bad thing!).

Just in case they're ignorant too-- find a neurotypical who will listen to you and speak for you. Keep that person handy, and make it your very first call if you are harmed or harassed. My husband's help has made all the difference on the occasions where the professionals have turned out to be ignorant sheeple and I've ended up having to file a discrimination complaint. When someone on the spectrum talks to these people, they narrow their eyes and wrinkle their noses. When a neurotypical speaks authoritatively, they listen.

And yes, it's OK to be angry about being treated like this. It's OK to resent having to be some NT's housepet. Showing that resentment in front of authority is not a good idea. If you have to get upset, don't yell. Cry. Whisper. Shut down. It's safer.

Any form of violent backlash is just showing that the perpetrators are of the same mindset as the individual blame-game they're raging against. Ironic, really.

Also, any form of furtive reaction from people whom think behavior that's similarly reported to the same individual as above (other than the actual murderous act or a clear imminent threat), are showing their own paranoid personality. Also ironic.

Oh God that's horrible! Pass the tissues and the vomit pail. Poor little angels... God, my mother was right, live every minute like it's the last... You'll go crazy if you do that... Oh the babies... Their families...

f*****g f**ktard son of a b***h. I don't care what he was going through. You don't do that.

their parents probably had bought and placed their gifts under the tree............on the news I saw the children's faces. So heartbreaking.........just feel like crying going to hold my babies closer in these days.

Yes! This makes me glad I don't have a diagnosis and that I've told very few people in my life that I suspect I have AS.

People can be so ignorant - and doubly scary when they act on their ignorance! Imagining the kind of witch hunt this could become makes me want to hide my head under the covers.