What Aspie traits DON'T you have?

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I don't have the monotonous or accent like speaking tone that many aspies have. And though my social skills aren't great they are still better than those of many aspies.

I can read most facial expressions, and am only sometimes very frank with people. and don't have some of the more "well known traits" e.g. Rocking back and forth And I tend to fluctuate between some traits. Such as staring at something for a while. And as for the memory thing. I cant remember anything useful. But every lego set, where I bought it, the weather etc, the major pieces is all there. I have ALOT of lego. For my first set (got it when I was 3) I can remember the weather, position on stall, where I built it, what I got wrong, where I washed it, what people said about these things etc. I'm a self diagnosed aspie (did alot of research after reading a book about an autistic guy)

I don't really hate florescent lighting and don't get meltdowns or panic attacks.
Also I can socialise to a degree and do not go on rambling on about just my interests to people that I talk to.

I won't tell you even what the statement IS, as you may figure what I thought it was and, in retrospect, it DOES sound stupid. C'est la vie! You can imagine, considering what kids often say. As I said here earlier, I knew a person that said a niece of hers once called her mucket, instead of monica. Some people have WIERD ideas about what "the lord's prayer", or "the pledge of allegiance" says.

As for my way of ending communications? I often just seem to start another topic, and trail off. I have NO idea how it started, but I do it to this day. I just find it hard to end some conversations, especially since I don't want to lie. And simply leaving seems worse.

Off the top of my head, the only one I can think of is having good motor skills and am not clumsy. When I have time (meaning not working evening shift at my job) I like to practice martial arts.

hmmm being super smart and having a hobbie or interest that im really good at doing.
but i went to a psychologist and they said that they didnt want to diagnose me cuz the psychologist said i rock back and forth like you and i said really??? i never met a person that could do that!! !!
apparently you cant do that if you have aspergers.
and everybody is gonna disagree with my first answer cuz you can have an average iq but it seems like most aspies have high iq and they are good at some sort of thing.
i dont have a talent at all.

When I first went to see a psychiatrist she said I had some symptoms of psychosis, yet I was still diagnosed with Aspergers at a later date.

Anyway...traits I don't have,
- I don't have obsessions (anymore).
- I'm not overly literal.
- I don't lack empathy, although I don't know whether that's an actual trait.

What traits do I lack?

I lack stimulation overloads most of the time - I can do things like go to rock concerts and clubs without having overloads. I go to amusement parks and ride most of the rides (I cannot handle the ones that spin too much without getting motion sickness but that's about it).
When I first started going to places with a lot of cigarette smoke and loud music, I got terrible headaches and didn't really enjoy it but after I started going out a lot I stopped getting them and my energy level increased. The only bad thing was all the cigarette smoke and the way it made my hair smell, all weird and stale. It lingered too, until I washed my hair. The odor of stale cigarette smoke makes me queasy.
I don't push things though. A little goes a long way with me. Someone else's two hours is more like eight hours to me. I will go someplace once and that will be enough for a while, I won't want to return and this is a major problem I had in school and work. That's why I do much better at part time jobs and college where I could make my own schedule. An eight hour shift is a nightmare for me unless it's a shift in my home. I get exhausted both mentally and physically much more quickly than others. My stamina has always been lousy.

I lack the need for a routine. - Even though I should try to stick with a decent schedule because organization keeps the day from becoming this boring, unproductive event.

I lack some of the thinking mechanisms:

-I like metaphor, analogies, similies, irony, and sarcasm.

-I love to read fiction (well, some kinds of fiction. If I read a few pages and can't get into it I usually won't finish it. That's why, before I buy a book, I examine it thoroughly and try to find out as much as I can by reading the front and back covers at the bookstore. Sometimes, it takes me a while to find a book I actually want to read. Sometimes, I can't find any. That's okay because I like certain non fictional themes just as much.

-My memory is mediocre (although I have always wanted the famed "rote" memory)

-I can be disorganized at times while expressing my thoughts. When I list things, sometimes they are out of order, especially if I write everything down really quickly. When I talk to people, I want to say something right when I think it so I won't forget what it is, especially if it's important. This makes me appear rude at times. The reason I do it is because it's important for the other person to know and I worry I'll forget it before they finish talking.
Sometimes, when I write a sentence, a word here or there will be missing. When I edit what I've written, especially if it's long, I get impatient and skip over paragraphs that often contain these types of errors ie; leaving a word out of a sentence.

Huh. That's all I can think of right now...

The high IQ.

i don't have the high IQ or the cool talents that i have seen other spectrum people have. (i remember seeing an autistic woman on TV who works as a secretary, she can type at 120 words per minute, wish i could type that fast)

sensory overload is not an issue for me anymore. my social skills are not great but they are better then what they were.

Being a genius and reading at an early age
No speech delay
No development delay

other than that i can keep eye contact i have most the symptoms and more.
This is a list of symptoms i made for ssi when i went to court for it recently.

- Trouble with reading and expressing non-verbal cues, such as body language and facial expression.
- Difficulty with prosody and pragmatic language.
- Poor motor skills, hand-eye coordination and clumsiness.
- Slow reflexes, delayed reactions.
- Alexithymia (Deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions).
- Stress and anxiety when too much is going on or is overwhelmed.
- Obsessive thoughts and compulsions.
- Tics.
- Poor judgement.
- Poor sense of time.
- Takes non-literal things literally.
- Inaccurate sensory integration perceptions such as, dulled and oversensitive senses; poor depth perception; light sensitive vision; occasional difficulty focusing vision; poor auditory processing especially with processing multiple sounds at once; impaired judgment of strength.
- Incorrect usage and interpretation of words or phrases and terminology.
- Poor problem solving skills.
- Lack of common sense.
- Does not understand how other people perceive me.
- Zones out; sometimes does not hear when people say something to me.
- Trouble describing and explaining things properly to people.
- Trouble locating objects. I frequently will overlook things.
- Trouble making decisions, especially while being rushed.
- Bad short term memory.
- Slow responses. I may need extra time to remember something, or figure out how to put my thoughts into words.
- Unusual perceptual experiences; déjà vu, dissociation, depersonalization, etc.
- Dulled emotions.
- Odd beliefs.
- Mild hallucinations.
- Apathy and lack of motivation.
- Eccentric behavior.
- Loses train of thought during conversations and activities.
- Thought insertion.
- Lack of detail in speech.
- Unusual sleep patterns; decreased or increased sleep.
- Decreased or increased energy.
- Loss of enjoyment of activities normally enjoyed.
- Random mood swings lasting seconds to weeks.
- Delusions of grandeur with unrealistic plans.
- Irritability and restlessness.
- Racing thoughts.
- Impulsiveness.
- Change in appetite.
- Failure paying attention.
- Trouble following through on instructions and failure finishing things.
- Difficulty organizing stuff.
- Loses important items.
- Easily distracted.
- Forgetful in daily activities.
- Fidgeting and difficulty sitting still.
- Restlessness.
- Interrupts others.
- Skipping or repeating lines and words while reading.
- Reversals of letters (b, d, p, q) and mixes up words (there, their)
- Poor reading comprehension.
- Difficulty comprehending rapid instructions.
- Poor spelling and grammer.
- Trouble processing and understanding what is heard.
- Impaired ability to multitask, or keep track of multiple things.
- Difficulty with sequences, and following directions with multiple steps.
- Poor handwriting.
- Poor written expression and sentence structuring.
- Occasionally switches words and syllables while talking.
- Slow learning.
- Below average reading and writing speed.

Savant symptoms
- Composing music and playing piano.
- Understanding quantum mechanics and meta-physics.
- Visual-spatial skills.
- Creative thinking.
- Pictorial / auditory imagination.
- Awareness of extra sensory perceptions
- Ability to learn things to use in reality from dreams.

Official DX:
Aspergers
SchizoAffective/Bipolar
AD/HD
Learning Disorder NOS (dyslexia, dysgraphia, slow learning)
IQ-122

I don't hand flap unless while on medication, apart from that I have every other symptom. Well I think I do.

I don't have a good memory at all. It is still very aspie in the sense that it is very selective, but I even forget things that concern my obsessions. I don't have that typical fetish for language skills either, as many other aspies seem to have.

Yeah me too. I can remember random chunks of information, like when operating and old film camera, I remember a few of the controls but I may forget other ones. So, I've got to keep checking the manual.

I am very similar...I have a photographic memory for remembering where weird stuff is...needles in haystacks...I have a weird gift for finding things...but...random information/facts/etc...I am useless...I do sorta tend to draw certain facts from seemingly nowhere..but it is nothing like any sort of "super memory"