Do you notice other aspies when you are out in public?

Post Reply New Topic

Sat down in a diner for lunch and noticed the guy next to me had a book on the counter. The title said something like "Applications for the study of fluid dynamics." I force myself to start conversations with strangers to help myself get better socially so I asked him about it and made a reference to ocean waves and the possible implications a surfboard would have to do with the topic. He went on for about four minutes without any further prompting by me. He even started the conversation again later to tell me more information. I'm fairly certain he is on the spectrum. Do you notice others?

I did see someone I am pretty sure was AS at the store a few weeks ago. He was very nice and helped me find something.

Easily.

Yup. It's always nice to hear them ramble on contentedly about their particular special interests. I learn something new!

If someone the same height or shorter than me passes me by while walking, there is a good chance they have AS... particularly if they have a remarkable gait (you almost have to if you're going at that kind of speed).

I can't say that I have, but I don't get out much. When I do, I'm usually hunched over a thick book with a title involving astronomy, physics, computer programming, or math. No one has thought to ask me about the applications of astrophysics and quantum theory to the use of outer space surfboards, so I haven't had to try to restrain the AS urge to share information in a form I once heard described as logorrhea.

I just wanted to add that it seems me that I am seeing AS everywhere I go. Part of that is probably me erroneously extrapolating a special interest out to the world, but I do believe that there is some truth to my observations. I'm almost certain, for instance, that I work with two.

Not as often as I'd like to.

Also, I don't think I've ever met a female that I suspected might be aspie.

I saw a lady who took ages to find a seat in a restaurant, and she was a bit fidgety. I suspected she had AS, I mean she could of had anything.

No I don't. I do see whether someone is socially not fully functional, but that can be because of many other things. Or too self-concious (as aspies often are), but indeed, that too can be because of many other things.

I'm usually too busy thinking about my own things to really notice other people's behaviour. I think I just go around assuming everyone else is normal but me:D There have been some weird acting people who might have been schizophrenic, but I've never noticed anyone that showed signs of Asperger's.

Only a couple times, since I didn't used to be looking for it. I remember two ladies on different occasions. They were both looking down and looked sort of nervous. One for sure. She was walking at the tail-end of a group we passed on a trail, and everyone looked up and smiled or said hi, except for her.

But I don't actually know any people who I know if they have AS or any ASD because no one I know talks about that stuff and I never ask, so I don't really know exactly what to look for. So maybe these ladies were something else.

Yes I do and I am finding them more frequently all the time. I recently met a friend of a friend who is very quiet apart from adding short precice statements at odd moments. The one that gave it away was someone asked him if he wanted a coffee, his reply was "Yes Please, No thanks"

I'm sorry, but according to Alex Trebek, the correct question should be "do I honestly care to pay attention to what's going on around me when I'm out"

I don't think I have ever spotted an Aspie stranger, but I do spot Aspieness in people I know somewhat.