I can sense other people with Aspergers!

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For some reason, no matter how Aspergers a person acts, I can always tell who is one. They don't even have to be diagnosed for me to tell. They could act completely normal and I'll still be able to tell, I've noticed other Aspies who were only diagnosed with ADD or ADHD or nothing at all. And it doesn't take that long for me to tell. An aspie just has to say a few words to me before I can tell, sometimes I can tell even before they talk. I really don't know what gives it away, maybe it's their voice or how they move, but somehow when I meet another aspie something inside me just screams "ASPERGERS!! !! !! !! !!" Seriously, I really do scream that inside my head
Sometimes I get into awkward situations because of this, like when I was in camp I was talking to other campers about how I cold tell the counselor has Aspergers and she overheard me. I had to try to explain to her what Aspergers was, but I couldn't figure out how to explain it in a way that won't sound bad so she asked another counselor what it was and had it explained to her in detail scientifically. Yeah, that's not really how to describe Aspergers without someone saying in their head "WHAT?! !! !! ! They think I'm AUTISTIC?????"
Does any other aspie do this?

I swear my Philosophy professor has Asperger's or something similar.

Im kind of skeptic about this, especially since you are 13 and havent had as much time to test this skill as others have. In the case of your counselor she might not have been an aspie even though you think she was. I think i tend to gravitate towards other aspies or people with aspie traits or just general open minded weirdos in social settings but i do not trust my ability to diagnose people on the spot. I have no clue at all. And it doesnt help that people dont go around telling their diagnosis to everyone so most of the time i have no evidence to back up my suspision.

I've heard that aspies can usually identify other aspies with ease. I'm not so sure about this, but whatever.

You mean like having 'spidey' senses? :'D
My aspie senses are tingling!

My friends can also detect other aspies even if the other aspies don't have an official diagnosis. I'm slow to dectecting Aspergers in other people, but I usually figure it out once I start to know them better.

I think it is definately possible to identify autistic traits in people, though it isn't always easy. Obviously, since most of us have it ourselves we naturally have a heightened sense of awareness of autistic traits in other people, when they may not necessarily be on the spectrum and it is in fact a "false alarm".