Our Autistic Aura and Respect?

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I think that it happens everyone, not just those with autism.

I think I get treated with disrespect more than most people do because I'm different. A lot of people treat me like I'm not as worthy as other people even though I can be a very productive person. I usually just do my own thing, focus on whatever I'm doing and don't bother anyone. I also treat others with respect and try to get along with them, but some people act rude anyway.

There's also a lot of people that seem to feel sorry for me or look down on me because when they talk to other people they act really up beat, but when they are around me they seem very depressed and seem to sigh and moan a lot when I'm around. This even happens when I'm in a good mood and far as I know, I usually stand up pretty straight too so I don't think it's like I always appear sad or anything.

They don't seem to have any good reason to be that way so I guess they just like to target people that are different, even though they never did anything to them in the first place.

I have this problem at work. If someone is bullying me or harassing me I'm told that I'm causing the problem. I just need to toughen up and ignore people. They say the more I respond to there negative behavior the more they will do it. For example; I like my desk clean and arranged in a certain order. If things are out of place I notice right away. Because of this my co-workers would intentionally move things on my desk. Apparently they like to see me upset when I noticed things out of order. I was told to ignore and not respond. Now I purposely leave my desk a mess. I leave sunflower seed shells and stuff everywhere. Now know one likes to even get near my desk. And if the do they don't touch anything in fear of what might be on it. I make sure to put all the pens ends in my mouth and eat at my desk to create crumbs. Germs are everywhere. I make sure to sneeze without covering my mouth on the keyboard.

Sometimes I'm just a target because I don't respond to things or because I may react in a inappropriate way. I notice my manger will yell at me but not my other co-workers. Most of the time I just don't know how to respond to them. Or I don't respond right away then I end up throwing something at my desk and say profanity's. I notice my co-workers will respond directly to the manager and argue there point and get there way. I find this hard to do. She does not yell at them. They can ask for a schedule change and get it. If I ask I'm turned down.

we do indeed; when i meet new people, they always seem to instinctively know that "something is off" with me, no matter how well-adapted i am.
i am still not sure what the exact difference is, but i also have realised that i can pick out other autistics and aspergians out of a group with near perfect accuracy, they radiate a different 'aura' from the rest indeed (sidenote: autism and aspergers radiate different from each other as well, but that's irrelevant to the topic).

indeed, humans fear what they do not understand, and since most humans cannot really notice these effects, it's even worse.
people are already a bit afraid for visible differences (blind, spastic, deformed), but they know that the difference is. with ASD, there is no outward sign, which makes the fear worse, peopel do not know why they get the feeling that something is difference, since they cannot 'see' it.