Possible reason for aspergers being so misunderstood

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So communication problems are a major dear way aspies are disadvantaged, and its a relatively minor disability compared to more classic forms of autism, or something like blindness or deafness. Its likely common knowledge in this forum that the later makes it harder for NTs to notice aspergers, so we won't go over that. However, the former is where my theory stems from.

We (aspies) often have a difficult time explaining ourselves compared to NTs, meaning that we have a harder time explaining what aspergers is, and what its like to have aspergers, giving NTs a more difficult time understanding our condition.

Does this make any sense? (relevance of this question to the way I explained the thread is unintentional but awesome)

If the majority of people had aspergers, there would be no need to explain. In fact, I'm pritty sure nt's would be the ones needing counseling if that was the case. When was the last time an nt explained how they were, and it made perfect sence to you???

I don't think an NT has ever explained what its like to be NT. Its kind of difficult to explain what 'normal' is. My main point is why its so misunderstood compared to the other conditions I mentioned in the OP. You do raise a solid point though about majority and minority though.

Just as Asperger's is misunderstood by many NTs, neurotypicality appears to be misunderstood by many Aspies. I'm not too sure why the difficulties are so immense as relative to other conditions.

There is no "normal". It is a trick. When you tell an NT that you are "normal" they usually give you a funny look and say something like "ooh really"? And proceed to give you a bewildered look. Most of them trick, lie, and fairy tail themselves into normalcy. You don't know that, because your you.

Trust me, they have no idea.

Some people are just wired different.

Majorities of all kinds do not have to explain themselves to the minorities, and whatever they do is considered normative. Aspie/NT, African American and Ancestral European (black and white, if you like those terms better), gay/straight, etc. etc: wherever there are populations which are divergent and have people at the far end of the curve and in the minority. Which is everywhere.

Aspies and NTs speak a different language. We are focused on information, accuracy, and truth as best as we can determine it. NTs are relational. Information is often a commodity, embellished or deminished, depending on the transaction, accuracy is a fuzzy concept, because it is the bonding of the conversation that is more important. I have found NTs very confused, in my mind, about truth. They say things like "truth is relative", " reality is what you make it", "everything is true in some way if you think about it". This is not a concept I can understand. So it seems we use words in a different way. And because there are less of us, we do all the explaining.

If there's one thing I can easily explain, it's what Asperger's is.

My own personal feelings, not so much.

Maybe it's like ADHD where people would just rather not believe it, because it seems like normal behaviour because they can't even imagine what the most severest case of that 'personally trait' can look like and do to the individual?