Is there such a thing as an Aspie girl who is a cheerleader

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Northeastern292
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02 Aug 2010, 9:29 am

Hey guys!

I'm writing a book about an autistic cheerleader (okay, she has Asperger's, but nonetheless). This part of the book details her first two years of college. Despite my own AS, if I had been born a girl, I surely would have tried out for my high school's cheerleading squad.

First, am I writing about the impossible? I say if girls can be on boy's varsity football squads, then why can't we have an autistic cheerleader. When I'm done with the book, I'll release certain chapters for you guys to write.

Second, I want to know more in depth how autism affects girls. I'm not writing about myself here.



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02 Aug 2010, 9:32 am

Make a sex scene please.



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02 Aug 2010, 9:43 am

lol, There is probably an autistic cheerleader somewhere... Obviously not too common, though.



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02 Aug 2010, 10:11 am

I think that you're more likely to see an autistic Mod, or Hippie. I must also say that the sky's the limit, as far as writing, the sky's the limit, and anything is possible. I think that it would be interesting, to read a book about an autistic cheerleader.


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02 Aug 2010, 10:13 am

Girls hide their AS better generally, so I'm sure such people do exist.



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02 Aug 2010, 10:24 am

Ferdinand wrote:
Make a sex scene please.


Yeah, I'm leaving that for another book. The sex scene in this one she doesn't sleep with the guy in the end because he's so drunk. Alexa (that's her name) is so hurt that she takes the subway at three in the morning (and we're talking New York City here) to her grandmother's.



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02 Aug 2010, 10:26 am

CockneyRebel wrote:
I think that you're more likely to see an autistic Mod, or Hippie. I must also say that the sky's the limit, as far as writing, the sky's the limit, and anything is possible. I think that it would be interesting, to read a book about an autistic cheerleader.


Actually, her cheerleading experiences are to be chronicled in a future prequel. Right now, well, this part focuses on her fitting in college.



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02 Aug 2010, 10:29 am

Northeastern292 wrote:
Ferdinand wrote:
Make a sex scene please.


Yeah, I'm leaving that for another book. The sex scene in this one she doesn't sleep with the guy in the end because he's so drunk. Alexa (that's her name) is so hurt that she takes the subway at three in the morning (and we're talking New York City here) to her grandmother's.


Have you read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time? If not, PM me and I can give you an excerpt of it which might give you inspiration for that scene.


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02 Aug 2010, 11:36 am

Isn't Dakota Fanning an aspie cheerleader? No wait, that's just speculation.



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02 Aug 2010, 1:01 pm

Have you actually been around cheerleaders? Don't they pick their own members? I can't see it happening without an obsession with cheer-leading, which would probably seem still odd to the other members and thus ostracized.



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02 Aug 2010, 1:04 pm

I would have tried out for cheerleading if it weren't for 2 things.

1) My grades sucked pretty bad.

2) The cheerleaders freaked me out because they were constantly happy. Like... on drugs happy.


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02 Aug 2010, 1:36 pm

well anything is possible and it will be an intersting story...but if your asking how realistic it is... in high school, I hated cheerleaders with a passion, they were cliquish, and snotty, and never had anything revealant to say about anything.
but if there was a AS cheerleader, I might have given her an exception.

but if there was an autistic cheerleader...she would probably be the butt of most the evil cheerleaders jokes and they would have expected her to be their go-fer. The only way she would have made the teem in the first place was if she had some mad cheerleading skills because there would be a double standard.


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02 Aug 2010, 1:37 pm

I could imagine a withdrawn/introverted/shy cheerleader, having been on the varsity football team I think I noticed a few that weren't interested in being on top of the popularity ladder or serious socializing. As for an Aspie? I'm not sure, though I'm guessing she'd need the luck of Heather Kuzmich or something.

The cheerleaders weren't as obnoxious as most modern televisions show the stereotypical cheerleader to be, though they're usually NT.



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02 Aug 2010, 1:51 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
I would have tried out for cheerleading if it weren't for 2 things.


2) The cheerleaders freaked me out because they were constantly happy. Like... on drugs happy.



This is the main reason I would consider an Autistic cheerleader a wildly improbable character. Virtually every cheerleader I ever knew was obnoxiously manic. So freaking 'pretend' happy it made me want to puke.

I did know one girl who did not fit that type who went out for and made the cheerleading squad, only to quit after a month because she couldn't stand the fake smiles and condescending positivity, which is clearly an act since they don't hesitate to undermine, backstab and one-up each other at every opportunity. Makes me think of the movie Heathers. :twisted:

The neurotypical mindset in its purest form. Precisely the reason I would pass on receiving a 'cure' for AS. :P



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02 Aug 2010, 2:03 pm

Willard wrote:
TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:
I would have tried out for cheerleading if it weren't for 2 things.


2) The cheerleaders freaked me out because they were constantly happy. Like... on drugs happy.



This is the main reason I would consider an Autistic cheerleader a wildly improbable character. Virtually every cheerleader I ever knew was obnoxiously manic. So freaking 'pretend' happy it made me want to puke.

I did know one girl who did not fit that type who went out for and made the cheerleading squad, only to quit after a month because she couldn't stand the fake smiles and condescending positivity, which is clearly an act since they don't hesitate to undermine, backstab and one-up each other at every opportunity. Makes me think of the movie Heathers. :twisted:

The neurotypical mindset in its purest form. Precisely the reason I would pass on receiving a 'cure' for AS. :P


I felt like I was surrounded by cult members whenever they were near me. 8O


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02 Aug 2010, 9:50 pm

Ohhhh. I was one! Pick me! Pick me!
Except we weren't called "cheerleaders". My school system bucked that word due to the negative connotations that the modern media associated it with. We were a "dance squad". I didn't associate much with the other girls, they didn't have anything against me, they just knew I was "different" and needed my space. It wasn't even that I liked performing in front of people, rather that when I was dancing I was in my own little world and nobody could screw with that.
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