19 May 2016, 3:24 pm
19 May 2016, 4:32 pm
Novac96 wrote:
- Aspies don't enjoy writing, particularly if it's creative writing such as poetry
- Aspies, in all of their social oblivion, aren't concerned with social or human rights issues in spite of not consistently speaking
- Aspies read a strict diet of nonfiction (I suit this one to some extent, although good poetry anthologies, short stories, and novels will appeal to me if they have some philosophical basis or a basis in reality)
- Aspies are either hypersexual or are too immature, sheltered, and unintelligent to have a concept of sexuality
- Aspies don't listen to a variety of music genres (I like all except country)
- Aspies cannot successfully graduate high school, go to college, and obtain a career
- Aspies DONT stim (I have had the camps of those with children on the "lower" end of the spectrum, that is if you look at it as a linear scale, tell me that my stimming is mere fidgeting and therefore I am not autistic because I can speak)
- Female Aspies are aloof and have an air that is stereotypically-unkind in a feminine manner (to put it discreetly)
And much of what others have said, such that girls and women cannot be autistic/an Aspie, and that we are either savants, the product of a failed vaccine, or too intellectually-incompetent to comprehend anything.
- Aspies, in all of their social oblivion, aren't concerned with social or human rights issues in spite of not consistently speaking
- Aspies read a strict diet of nonfiction (I suit this one to some extent, although good poetry anthologies, short stories, and novels will appeal to me if they have some philosophical basis or a basis in reality)
- Aspies are either hypersexual or are too immature, sheltered, and unintelligent to have a concept of sexuality
- Aspies don't listen to a variety of music genres (I like all except country)
- Aspies cannot successfully graduate high school, go to college, and obtain a career
- Aspies DONT stim (I have had the camps of those with children on the "lower" end of the spectrum, that is if you look at it as a linear scale, tell me that my stimming is mere fidgeting and therefore I am not autistic because I can speak)
- Female Aspies are aloof and have an air that is stereotypically-unkind in a feminine manner (to put it discreetly)
And much of what others have said, such that girls and women cannot be autistic/an Aspie, and that we are either savants, the product of a failed vaccine, or too intellectually-incompetent to comprehend anything.
Completely agree... but I hate poetry
06 Jun 2016, 12:55 pm
06 Jun 2016, 4:03 pm
06 Jun 2016, 4:26 pm
Yep, while some of these stereotypes are just silly, others are downright wrong!
Many decades ago, when autism research was still 'new', it was purported that autistic individuals did not dream. That is, we did not engage in REM sleep 
Can you imagine? Geez
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06 Jun 2016, 11:13 pm
Benthedemon007 wrote:
I'll start.
1. We are all introverts (I'm an ambivert)
2. We can't talk (mention fighter aircraft and you'll see exactly how much I talk)
3. We all don't care about how we look (I care a lot)
4. We can't get buff/aren't attractive (I'm pretty muscular, and girls seem to like me )
5. When you say "it went the way of the dodo" we ask "where did the dodo go?" (needs no explanation)
6. We will die alone (I hope this isn't true)
7. We are all defenseless (I can stand my ground against bullies in verbal arguements)
8. We can't be into non-"aspergery" things (I like heavy metal and fighter jets. No, NTs aren't the only ones into "macho" things)
9. We all are "wusses" (I can suck things up and do them, even if I have my ticks)
10. We are all supergeniuses (Well, this one is true for me
)
1. We are all introverts (I'm an ambivert)
2. We can't talk (mention fighter aircraft and you'll see exactly how much I talk)
3. We all don't care about how we look (I care a lot)
4. We can't get buff/aren't attractive (I'm pretty muscular, and girls seem to like me )
5. When you say "it went the way of the dodo" we ask "where did the dodo go?" (needs no explanation)
6. We will die alone (I hope this isn't true)
7. We are all defenseless (I can stand my ground against bullies in verbal arguements)
8. We can't be into non-"aspergery" things (I like heavy metal and fighter jets. No, NTs aren't the only ones into "macho" things)
9. We all are "wusses" (I can suck things up and do them, even if I have my ticks)
10. We are all supergeniuses (Well, this one is true for me
)I never have gotten any surprise over my 'macho' interests, at least not on the basis of being autistic. Occassionally I've gotten surprise on the basis of running quite counter to macho nonsense and still liking military topics, aggressive music, cars/racing, etc.
One I have found is regarding autism and imagination - ASD means no imagination. In my experience it just means even my fantasies have to be 'realistic', but I certainly have a vivid imagination despite that 'limitation'.
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07 Jun 2016, 1:16 am
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30 Jun 2016, 1:40 am
All Aspies are pathological truth tellers
All aspies are neo-Nazis
All aspies hate religion
All aspies have ESP
All Aspies are empaths
All Aspies have no feelings
All Aspies are gay (I have been called that 
)
Aspies will save the world
Aspies are future dictators
I also love fighter Jet my favorite plane is the Mig-31 Foxhound and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
07 Jul 2016, 1:23 pm
climategeek wrote:
All Aspies are gay (I have been called that )
)I'm sorry that happened to you.
I think that comes from the General anti-gay stigmatism more than anything.
-Aspies never swear
-Aspies only have "basic" emotions like happiness and sadness, and are unable to feel more "complex" emotions such as jealousy and greed.
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Ya, I'm weird like that...
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07 Jul 2016, 1:50 pm
climategeek wrote:
All Aspies are pathological truth tellers
All aspies are neo-Nazis
All aspies hate religion
All aspies have ESP
All Aspies are empaths
All Aspies have no feelings
All Aspies are gay (I have been called that)
Aspies will save the world
Aspies are future dictators
I also love fighter Jet my favorite plane is the Mig-31 Foxhound and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
All aspies are neo-Nazis
All aspies hate religion
All aspies have ESP
All Aspies are empaths
All Aspies have no feelings
All Aspies are gay (I have been called that
)Aspies will save the world
Aspies are future dictators
I also love fighter Jet my favorite plane is the Mig-31 Foxhound and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Awesome, I like the MiG-29 and the Su-27 and it's derivatives, but the F-16 is pretty high up on my list too. I also used to design planes for a game.
I've never heard 'all aspies are gay' but I have encountered 'all non-macho needledick males are gay', and aspies do tend to sometimes miss some of the macho tribal identifiers. Basically, like Austin said.
I'm pretty sure if you need to debunk 'aspies never swear', stick them in a room with me for 5 minutes. I tend to use a lot of excessively 'formal' language, slang and cusses all within the same breath.
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