NT's Impression of Aspies

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I agree with this above as the guys I know are great. I must admit though, sometimes they are unintentionally funny (mostly with facial expressions) but I always explain why and they understand, it's never malicious/mean in anyway.

eg: I gave Ben a mint, and warned him beforehand it was a hot one, he took in and put it in his mouth and I watched him, about 3 seconds later he slightly opened his mouth and his eyes seemed to bug out, and he looked at me and gave a massive exhale. And said "Eugh, thats hot!" I said I told you, and I laughed, he asked me why, and I said it was just the look on his face like a startled cat. (He has a thing with cats) and he laughed with me once he got over the mints strength.

This sort of thing happens with anyone NT, Aspie or otherwise, which is how I treat anyone I know.

I would also add 'tiring', as its sometimes hard to get them away from an off-topic conversation and focusing on immediate needs. But I have plenty of patience and understanding, so its not to worrying!

I think it links with this though --->



Because a mass amount of people don't understand ASDs they automatically go "Er, whats this about?!" and maybe if they are more intune or polite will they take the time to wonder what the person is about.

J

I got a bit fed up of the negative descriptions a few years back and starting talking about myself as a geek (this is before I thought I had AS). I've felt a lot better for it and if someone is about to be rude to you for being odd, they don't have geek as a weapon anymore.

I think most of my really negative experiences are from my childhood interactions with NTs, rather than as an adult with NTs.

I'm NT, and there is one girl in our school with asperger's. Now, I know this everyone, but she is pretty much the joke of the grade. She is condescending, downright cruel/mean, and a tattletale. I just found out she is an aspie, so I feel I understand her a little better, but if people don't know, the impression is very bad.

I get this impression from people imediately when they see me

My close friends happen to know another guy with AS, and he was diagnosed with it a lot earlier than I was. From what they tell me, we're like night and day. The only constants they seem to notice-

-Talkative
-Obsessive
-Extreme attention to detail
-Sensitivity
-Physical sensitivity
-Emotional
-Bad at romance
-Dependent
-Lonely

They used to think it meant all kinds of other things just because they only knew one other guy with it. I think a lot of neurotypicals judge all of us like this. Hardly efficient, and certainly not rational. I wonder if they can take some kind of medication for that

I've been trying my utmost to survive in a military environment for almost the past two years with 2 months to go, but recently, a senior NCO has been bullying me a ton and caused me to emotionally break down in front of my mates.

Tried to explain my circumstances to my Commanding Officer, but I think it has backfired because the commanders are now treating me with kid gloves. :\ This isn't what I want, I just wanted that senior NCO to get off my case, and wanted to try to be treated equally like the rest of the NTs.

*shrug*

Verbose (talks too much)
Self-centered (unintentionally, and not the same as selfish)
Generous
Kind
Funny
Sweet
Sensitive
Confused
Often Overwhelmed
Shamelessly Self-Gratifying
Odd
Affectionate
Overly Attached
Pragmatic (doing what works) in some very inappropriate ways
Loves Animals
Fascinated by parts and mechanistic functions
Open
Brilliant
Primitive
Fascinating

It's my general impression that most people think I'm a psychopath. That or somebody who's really stupid. I'm also pretty much a gigantic walking joke at school. I have no idea what I've done, but everyone seems to find me extremely amusing.

I don't react even when they throw things at me unless it gets repetitive. In that case I just beat them up to make them stop. I'm actually one of the strongest people in my grade even though I don't look like it. XD

It's because they'd rather focus on my odd mannerisms and reactions instead of getting to know me I guess. I don't care. I'll be the one to come out ahead in the end.

I think by caustic they are saying cruel. Like our tendency to be overly blunt to the point of harshness. Or in other words we are too honest and do not hold back what we feel. Or in the case of trying to appear humorous we try to mimic someone else's humor and we do it wrong and end up hurting others feelings when we thought people would take it as funny.

In my case, it was/is "arrogant", "intimidating", "threatening", "aggressive", "dominant", "obsessed".

Weird, childlike, nervous...I really have a hard time telling what they think.

please don't apologise! i think it's wonderful to see parents trying to understand their AS kids and how they think, and what their challenges might be. if only all of us were so lucky, b/c believe me, having open-minded, understanding parents makes a HUGE difference for us. the world can be a confusing, overwhelming, and sometimes hostile place for us--but as long as your son has your unconditional love and support, he'll be just fine no matter what challenges he faces.

i have a feeling a few people here might describe you in the same terms.....constantly spouting off about the superiority of people on the spectrum doesn't do much good in terms of people's opinion of you, either. this trend frightens me....i've seen it alot around here lately, the whole "we are the next super-race" argument, and i think words like "arrogant", "threatening", and "dominant" describe attitudes like that quite well--although i would add maybe two more qualifiers to that list....."ridiculous", and "self-aggrandising".

Well, in my case impressions of me are:

Quiet and sweet, shy, confident, lazy, hard worker, stubborn, intelligent, stupid, childish, mature, organised, messy.

About the only consent is 'odd' or 'weird'.

One I didn't list before: clumsy.

In my case people usually seem to describe me:

Quiet
Shy
Weird
Creepy
Smart
Angry
Sad
Clumsy
Asocial
Intelligent