Why is the aspie stereotype ugly?

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I think its mainly cause we care less about our apperance, therefore were often unkept and look disgusting according to the NT world. We're less aware of how our apperance factors in with how people perceive us. I think if aspies put as much effort into their apperance as many NTs do, we'd wouldnt look disgusting on the whole. Most of the aspies I've known, are on the uglier side according to NT standards.

A lot of the aspie girls around here are stunning looking IMO, but as for aspie guys I think we're just universally ugly

The reason AS is thought of as uncool is that it's an unsociable disorder, and to NT's being unsociable is the worst possible crime AS will never cool by NT standards, but tbh I'd rather hang around with a socially ret*d aspie than a back-stabbing ego maniac NT (obviously you can't tar everyone with the same brush, but too many nt's fall into that stereotype)

All I have seen/heard that say such RIDICULOUS things about the middle class are either, stupid, somehow jealous,, or just simply parroting!



Have you SEEN the bulemic pictures!?!?!? YIKES! Stupid and UGLY!

BTW that video is just some IDIOT making fun of a name with a simple observation that it MIGHT be mistaken for something else. Your reaction is WORSE, since you should certainly know BETTER!

har har

I'm not the greatest looking, I look like a thief when I walk in a store, a mugler when I walk through a park, a rapiest when I'm around girls.

The problem is, people automatically judge people based on looks. I got a lot of bad looks and most of the time, I don't even do anything. I do act weird sometimes, but I don't have to do anything to get bad looks. It more girls then guys/ They think I'm a freak or some weirdo.

I used to gawk at girls I fanzy becuase I admire how beautiful they are and I didn't know how else to act, now I just avoid them. I tseems the more beautiful they are, the meaner they are. I have a lot of painful memories where I tried to make friends but was rejected. I now avoid people, especially girls, more so for those who I fanzy. Yes, it should like I'm sterotyping attractive girls = mean, I'm saying this based on fact. I have never, ever met an attractive girl who is actually nice. At least not around here. I don't live far from the city. Even the everage people are mean, It's not about looks, what I'm trying to say is, the more attractive they are, the more meaner they are and the more chance that they will be mean.

Around here, everyone is all the same (like their personalities, not just talking about the attractive ones, anyone. They drink and get drunk every weekend and party, do drugs and shag. When I was in school, I had visited a lot of their profiles on Facebook, and they pretty much say the exact same things and everytime. They all had photos albums of them holding bottle of beer of vodka and getting drunk.

Not all NT's are ugly, some are actually quite nice looking. It just wears me down when people give me bad looks when I didn't even do anything wrong. I'm not great looking and I don't have the best facial features, but that dosen't mean I am a freak of a mugler or something like that. I am actually a nice person in general. That is for now, until I lose my sanity...

Aspies and anyone with Autism are people too, they have feeling as well. Just becuase someone isn't good looking, dosen't mean you should just write them off as a waste of space, or someone who is no good. Give people a chance first. I notice the farther away from the city you are, the nicer people are. Too bad it can't be like that everywhere.

Stereotypes are often based on the truth. Sorry to say, but all the aspies i've met IRL fit the stereotype in terms of looks.

There are plenty who do not. But I'd bet there a more who do.

Just my opinion

I can't agree with that, just the opposite from where I stand and I'm not mild on the spectrum.

Just because we may not follow fashion trends doesn't mean we don't know how to groom or dress sophisticated. I do anyway. The stereotyping really is tiresome.

that video is stupid.
did anyone else notice that policeman possibly is down syndrome?

Just remember the old saying: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Those whom some people have declared ugly, I've often found attractive.

In the other skits he is portrayed as having down syndrome. I think that the comedy group or whoever made this just wanted to make a word play out of aspergers and simply used the guy who acts like he has downs to make it even more over the top. In effect it simply comes across as crass and dirty and generally lacking in real humor or comedic timing. It is in essence a cheap laugh from an audience that is uninformed and usually eager to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

As for the stereotype of ASD individuals not being attractive? That is easily defeated simply by looking at a number of members on this very site.
Take heart and do not worry so much about what some NT individuals of lesser intellect may think of you. Chances are they aren't even thinking in general at all.

I was going to start this as a thread on its own because I just saw this episode of Embarrassing Bodies.
You can find Autism/Aspergers between Anal Warts and Bowel Gas.
Link is here ->Embarrassing Bodies,

Something to note that nearly all the other conditions they show have some kind of cure. A surgery to cut the ugly thing off.
Also if you follow they link to the well known wired.com AQ test.

Because stereotypes are often incorrect. As is this.









I could probably look for more but I'm tired. Remember that AS is also under-diagnosed, so there's others. Either way, the times they-are-a-changin'. More "good looking" Aspies will inevitably show up. So this concern isn't worth worrying about and the stereotypes are false as always.

Or, I'm just optimistic.

Haha that video was funny

I don't see how AS changes the appearance of our body. It's all in our head, get it?

I am NT and I have to disagree, I don't think AS means ugly at all. In fact in my opinion I think some qualities are very attractive about it.