Stereotypes of things people with AS shouldn't do!

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Ones I've heard:

AS people shouldn't:


1. take Seroquel
2. go into a career that involves caring for others
3. discontinue their education
4. get a stressful job
5. have a digital watch
6. eat dairy products or drink milk
7. eat anything sweet
8. lead a spontaneous non-structured life
9. take Celexa
10. take Prozac
11. take any antidepressants except for Zoloft
12. take even a normal dose of a SSRI
13. take SSRIs at all
14. start a commune together
15. breed amongst themselves


Add to the list!

Be disorganized
Suck at math
Not be a perfectionist
Not have empathy
Be flexible
Like good surprises
Like changes
Not talk about their obsessions
Be a manager
Not get married
Not have a relationship
Dislike science fiction
Have anxiety for no reason
Not have real good hearing
Not have real good sense of smell
Not have a good sense of taste
Like fluorescent lights

That's interesting because I've had a bad reaction to every anti-depressant I've tried. And, I don't mean to be rude, but I have to point out that Zoloft is an SSRI. Was that inconsistency intentional?

Have a sense of humour, at least that's the impression I get when seeing autistic characters on tv ("Mozart and the Whale" being a nice exception). Autistic people I got to know in real life or see in documentaries pretty much all have a sense of humour and laugh at times, but in the movies/tv they NEVER do even in the slightest way, and I never understood that. I suspect it makes the plot more dramatic or something.

I've taken two different SSRIs without adverse reactions. I've taken Lexapro but my insurance stopped covering it so now I take Celexa. I've been having an easy time with it and I've noticed its really working.

These are all things that I shouldn't do personally, although I'm sure that's the not case for all Aspies.


I must have a digital watch because I have a terrible time trying to read an analog one.


I have no desire to breed at all.