NTs don't understand why I want to learn something

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I find it very strange when I want to learn a new thing and I tell an NT person that I want to learn it and the person says, "Why?" like he can't understand why I would want to learn that. I decided yesterday that I was going to learn Braille and I told an nt friend that. He asked me why I wanted to learn it like what's the point. I don't understand that. My question is why not learn it? I want to learn ASL too. I love learning. I love learning languages. Why should I not learn Braille? And it's actually a really fun alphabet to learn. My friend also knows that I am part of a kayak group that teaches kayaking to blind people. I am around blind people. I have a member of my immediate family who is blind. Why would it be so strange for me to want to learn Braille? He didn't think it was strange when I told him I started learning guitar. Of course he plays guitar so maybe he thought that was cool. But I don't understand why he or anyone would think it is strange for people to learn whatever they want to learn if they have an interest in it. If someone told me they were going to learn Klingon, I would think that was cool. In fact I might like to learn that too.

I don't understand people who don't like to learn things. I think it's great that you like learning new things.

Neurotypicals are somewhat a mystery to me ... They act in a manner we aspergers sometimes Dont understand..

I learnt Braille.
Technology has made it unnecessary to learn now.

NTs act as if they were the most knowledgeable people on the face of the earth, but whenever i recommend them to read certain books or to do research about a certain topic online and they are looking at my as if i just insulted them. They talk about the school days as if they were the worst days ever, just because they had to learn something...

Whenever i tell them about my thirst for knowledge they look at me almost in disgust

Sometimes?

That is true but I am really enjoying learning it and I am so happy to be able to. I have seen Braille books and have always wondered what it would be like to be able to read with my eyes closed. I got an app on my phone which makes learning Braille like a game and I am finding it actually quite addictive. I really love it. So yeah, I figured, why not? Doesn't do any harm and it's lots of fun. And learning these kinds of skills is really great for keeping the brain active. It's a muscle and needs to be challenged and exercised just like every other muscle. And it's a great skill to have. Sometimes I am nonverbal and I use ASL fingerspelling to communicate. But sometimes I am so overwhelmed and exhausted that I literally cannot keep my eyelids open and I am too sound sensitive to listen to an audio book but I would really enjoy reading some poetry or a nice relaxing and comforting story. There are also times when I am very sensitive to light and I would love to be able to read with my eyes closed. So I have always wanted to be able to read Braille. I wish I had had that skill in school. I think it would have been really helpful. It might have even made a big enough difference that maybe, with a few other minor accommodations, I would not have had to drop out.

^ I have a certificate in Unified Braille, learnt on the old manual clunker.
The only time I use it now is when I read signs, like on the toilets, put there for blind people...which has always made me wonder how they find the sign itself.
It was fun to learn, though, I'll give it that.

A book in standard Braille is freaking HUGE and heavy, and may come in 20 volumes.
You should learn contracted braille if you want to read it.

I think some people ask why? Simply out of curiosity and to make conversation. There has been times when I have asked people why? Myself but other times I won’t.

We seem to have been born with this natural curiosity. This is one reason i would never want to get rid of my "condition". I want to find out how things work instead of just taking them as they are. If i have an understanding of the things that surround me, i get a whole different level of appreciation that no one else will have.

What about simply replying "I like to learn"?

That is a sort of reply I would generally give someone.

I do think it is just people trying to make conversation.

Forget about what that person said.

Just learn it, baby.

A great quote for the signature section!

Just tell them "in case I go blind one day".

Most people have no interest in learning things if it's not part of their life. Lot of people won't read up on disorders or mental illnesses because it's not part of their lives. They will only get involved if they have a student with it or child or friend or anyone they know who has it. Those who do have passion in it will study it and become a therapist or something.

People are not interested in braille because they are not blind and don't need to learn it so they won't understand why a sightie would want to learn it. But yet people are fine with others wanting to learn a second language.