Adjectives used by NTs to describe aspies.

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What adjectives (negative, positive, or neutral) have been used by NTs when commenting on your behaviour (presuming you're an aspie!)? To start the ball rolling, I have been called in the past:

gormless !

I want to get a feel for how NTs perceive aspies.

wierd
tactless
cold
distant
'in my own little world'
clumsy

but also

gifted
talented
a genius
mad scientist

what does adjective mean?
hope it means words as that is what am about to do..
am not aspergan [am kanners autistic],but am usually get called something by them every day am out,due to this area of manchester-however nice it is in places [stretford], being full of these abusive children and teenagers.
have been called:
"forrest gump" and "cripple" -by some girls at a bus stop opposite the mall,they used to shout that at am,every morning when mum was taking am to college, am did not know what they meant by forrest gump until am found out it was to do with that man walking oddly,am walk very oddly,it is known as part of the spectrum but am wonder if am could have undiagnosed mild CP],found out they went to mannor high school in sale,which is a special school for children who misbehave and have been expelled mostly,with some genuinely SN children in there.

"ret*d"-group of children near where am live,they saw am flapping and rocking on the pavement with a cat curled up on knee,also non autism related but the same group also call am "ginger" because am have ginger hair,why do people do that when it is so obvious to am that it is ginger,having had it for over twenty years,idiots.

"pyscho"-by a group of teens watching am meltdown in the park,due to kids screaming [they usually not there and its where am run to get away from all that as its very open with lots of green and trees to watch].one of the staff caught up with am to try and stop am attacking self,the kids stood there watching and apparently then said am was a "prostitute" and was giving J. a "blowjob" because am was rocking violently [he told am what they said later,and what they meant,they don't sound similar at all],a stranger man came along and asked if J. wanted help and if am was alright.

"penguin"-by a group of boys,it was because of the way am walk,and the way penguins walk [apparently being similar].

"lesbian"/"transexual"-because am do not have the same awareness of people that others have,am do not have the same boundaries,and will wear whatever am want even when people say 'it is for boys',this has always got the lesbian and transexual insults [not that lesbian and transexual are insults,but am not gay or transexual,am asexual-part of autism and aspergers for many].

Since you asked.....

Cyberborg, '7 of 9'

catatonic

mad scientist

psycho

'kitty cat' or 'puppy dog' (NOT in a nice way)

KingdomOfRats - You're not any of things and I will officially negate those adjectives for you! Instead, I would call you a friend with pretty ginger hair.

ret*d
Bull in the China shop
Idiot
ewwwwwww. . .( made with a face)
'it's people like YOU that give us a bad name'
disgusting
weirdo
b***h (oh, well, maybe they were right about that one)
'what is YOUR problem?'
automaton
robot ( as on the telephone "am I talking to a robot? hello? hello?" you sound like a recording!"
"ok,ok,we are all letting our hair down here, you don't have to be 'on' all the time, we are just chillin' out now, hey you are freaking us out, just be natural, ok? be natural, ok? be natural, ok? what do you MEAN this is your natural?? RELAX! oh, never mind! just go away! you are making us uncomfortable."

Klutz
Walking dictionary
ret*d (referring to my social skills, not my academic skills or general intelligence, which were good)
Crazy cat lady (I don't mind that one)

Space cadet

"Square peg in a round hole", was recently and unfortunately used to describe me by some co-workers.

Aloof.

Enigmatic
The Professor
Mine of information
'Just Relax ! '
'Are you ok ? Sure ? '

In my school days they were more abusive
Zombie
Robot
Stookie (a Scottish term for a plastercast or statue)
Ghost

I am - theoretically - HFA

epic
eccentric
creative
crazy
intelligent
quiet
shy
"....."
diligent
nerd
geek
fa***t
idiot
autistic piece of s**t (my friend calls me this for the purpose of irony)

I'll use the following symbols to show the characteristic of each term: '-' means negative, '+' means positive, '#' means pitiful, '*' means neutral.

Preschool thru 3rd grade:
- Moron
- Idiot
- Psycho
# Alone in a crowd
* The smart one
- Professor
- Dummy

4th grade thru 8th grade:
- Dumbass
- Stupid
- Crazy
+ Walking encyclopedia
- Pathetic
# Alone in a crowd

9th grade thru 12th grade:
- Silly
- Gay
- Pathetic
- ret*d
+ The smart one
- (my name said in a mean tone)
- Booger
# Too nice
- Virgin
+ Rich geek, in reference to my future
* Always tense

I've said a few names about aspies in the day when I used to deny that I had it.

These are what I used to say

Freak
Very very v strange
People of the mental institute

There was another but it was reference to a certain class in my school it was called Pre-vocation (unfortunatly I was put in it) the class was shorted down to Pre-voc
This was the name

Inspector Pre-voc as in Inspector Gadget.

I have been called the following:

"freak"
"distant"
"rude"
"awkward"
"weirdo"


I have also been called:

"genius"
"brilliant"
"hilarious"
"beautiful"
"insightful"

quiet

shy

interesting

gay ... so true

spacey

somewhere else

quirky ( I love to be called this )

artistic

talented

weird

non social ( duh )

focused

out of the box

planner ( must to survive )

giver

organized

dumb

idiot

queer ( techn. true)

very observant ( extremely true )

voyuer ( not in a disqusting way ... all great artist unually share this trait )

nice

great listener

Genius
The professor
walking encyclopedia