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

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I studied mechanical engineering, which tends to include modules on fluid dynamics (I studied it, it's very complicated and many would consider it very boring). A lot of my graduating class I now recognise had AS -like tendencies. I'm new to this so I'm not familair with all the signs but I'm willing to bet that having an intrest in fluid dynamics, or thermodynamics, or another highly mathmatical applied science would indicate a higher than average chance of having AS. Not to say all engineers have AS just there is probally a higher chance.

I just did a quick google search, yeah they say engineers have a higher chance of having AS in fact I found reference to Aspergers being refered to as the engineers disease.

No.

Have noticed that parents of people with autism have noticed me though (I mean, enough to comment to my mother).

I'm too arrogant to notice

Is it a "lie through your teeth" or do you speak the truth?

Oh yes, all the time--particularly on public transportation.

Based upon this, I assume that if you saw me walk into a restaraunt that you would assume I am an Aspie. I am more than a bit fidgety, but there is a lot going through my head when I am deciding where to sit, like the feel of the other people I would be sitting with, etc.

I notice some of I believe. I am most likely better noticing those on the spectrum as I know my own syptoms in public and recognize them in others. Errr unless I'm panicking to much to pay attention

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I notice myself being more aspie in public.

No, I can't say that I do. Like my gaydar, my aspiedar apparently isn't very good.

I do have what I would call a very tuned in A-dar. I can spot them a mile off.

I notice people who seem like they could have AS, but it's not like I actually go up to them and ask, so I don't know if they really do or not.

I've also noticed that aspie-ish people come up to me and try to talk to me way more often than NTs, who generally ignore me.

I bet you can't spot me.

In my AS group, there are several people who could pass for normal. Also, every nerd is not an aspie. Some are socially adjusted. So, I don't think a lot of us can be picked out on the street. If someone was going on and on about the surfboard thing, I would wonder too, though.

Unfortunately I don't see other aspies. I consider whether people I've known may be aspie, but that is probably a case of wishing, and also 'looking for nails because the only tool I have is a hammer'.

My gaydar is also nonexistent unless the person is overtly advertising.

Yeah, like others have posted in this thread, I'm usually too busy trying NOT to pay attention to others to notice whether or not they've Asperger's.

But like I said earlier in another thread, I consider it a possibility that if I ran into someone else with AS, I may have mistaken their ASD for rudeness.
Something else that would factor into the blurring of the picutre here, is that the Netherlands are pretty much a very individualistic country, in which most people mind their own and don't really regard strangers unless they absolutely have to ask or say something. In that sense, I have, in the past few years, considered the city I live in relatively socially inept; but I know that really isn't true. But my point is that I think autistic people will be even less visible in a very individualistic society.

BTW, I think that if I were pursuing my special interest in public in some shape or form, and someone came up to me to strike up a conversation about it, the last I would think of that person is that they were on the spectrum. I'd also probably be near-panicking on the inside. (But I do know that a number of AS folks make active attempts at socialising better/actually like doing it, I'm just prone to projecting myself on others when it comes to the autistic spectrum).

But in conclusion, no, I don't notice other aspies in public.

I wonder where I could find a room full of Aspies to see. I can feel from her YouTube series that something about whitetiger feels different, but I wouldn't necessarily automatically know what that difference feeling's source was until she started talking. There used to be a volunteer who I knew was an Aspie, at a place I volunteer who had that same feel to him, that I feel from watching whitetiger's videos.; Maybe I would notice on some Aspies, but then I worked with an 11 year old whose diagnosis is HFA, last weekend, that I wondered at first why he had that diagnosis. But then his special interest was sports, and we entertained him by engaging him in sports activities. He seemed to have little problem relating to us, and he used great eye contact with us. I wonder if eye contact problems tend to kick in at adolescence. On the other hand that makes even less sense.