100 Ways to Annoy Somebody With Asperger's Syndrome

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I might have said this already, sorry if I have. People not taking my no for an answer makes me really PO'd. Also: That I am supposedly stubborn for not giving in to their nagging and pestering, while it is perfectly okay for them to ignore my reply and keep pushing.

That is one of the biggest for me.


lickerofjustice's post made me think of another annoyance, something I too often see in books: "Quiet but smart".

Also from fiction: Anyone who's not talking their heads off are weird.

Yes, agreed. Also: Complain about me not getting back to you quickly enough, or that I have little to say.


Oh and another one: Assume I'm shy instead of simply someone who has a limited amount of things to say. The very fact that I never have any problems saying what I want should show them just how "shy" I am.

Ask them how they're feeling, especially when they're focusing on something. If I want someone to know how I feel, I'll tell them.

My Mother used to rip me out of hyperfocus and it was a real jar to the system. It took me a while to resurface, contemplate what she'd said and try and think of a response. I'd sit there for a while just mulling her words over in my mind until they made sense and then I could formulate a response. ANNOYING. HUMANS. ANNOYING. GO AWAY!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !

Challenge them to a staring contest.

Say ass burgers 10 times really fast

Make an Autism Speaks Rocks! poster and give it to the Aspie.

ask them what they're thinking in any gap in conversation

Insist that someday you'll learn to touch them "right" and then it will never hurt again.

Assume that the lack of meaningless small-talk means they're angry with you, after living together for 16 years.

Pinch their armpits. Constantly. For hours. *grit my teeth and don't lose it, because she's TWO YEARS OLD*

Lick your finger and stick it in their navel. While standing on their toes *note to self-- someday you'll miss this*

Insist on using only nonverbal communication, even though you are perfectly capable of talking. I tolerate this-- barely-- from the two-year-old who is fully verbal for EVERYONE ELSE. I find it much more difficult to tolerate from the five-year-old. I am seriously considering ceasing to tolerate it from FULLY-GROWN, FULLY-VERBAL, NON-AUTISTIC ADULTS. I really think I'm going to stop feeling guilty about missing heavily veiled hints and not knowing how I'm supposed to respond to puppy-dog eyes and loaded sighs. Isn't that considered passive-aggressive communication or something??

Be a narcissistic twat.

Put them under a huge amount of stress, tell them something once in passing, and then call them a liar when they misremember it.

Know that you have problems with impulse control, ask them to help you with your impulse control, and then accuse them of selfishly crushing your dreams when you say, "We're deep in debt for things you wanted. Maybe someday, when all this stuff is repaired and/or paid for, but we can't buy that right now."

Tell them it's OK to do, feel, or show something, and then get mad at them for it.

Yeah, being dragged out of hyperfocus (or even just focus) is extremely annoying and sometimes even a bit confusing. Just let me be in my own world when I'm in there! It's so enjoyable!! !!

I saw a video on YouTube once about a severely autistic guy who was taken to a sensory room or whatever they call it. While he was enjoying himself, two women (IIRC his mother and a carer of sorts) watched him and when he got really into it, they said he enjoyed it too much and started dragging him out of it by talking to him and trying to force interaction. Just seeing that made me angry. Why couldn't they just let the boy enjoy it?

Touch them unexpectedly and without asking, that will put you on my bad side real fast.

Every time you see them, be insistent they go to the casino because they need to get out.

Exactly. As I've always said, people are cruel.

I hate this. My boss touched me on the elbow and I flinched. I think it upset her.

I f*****g hate that too. Getting tapped on the shoulder unexpectedly feels like getting punched in the face, to me. Why are NTs so damn touchy-feely? Don't they know about this thing called personal space?

They do it because between NT's, that's considered caring, friendship, closeness or something like that but they have no idea about people like us. They have no idea we hate physical contact - to be touched. The idea is foreign to them and they can't understand it. That's why it shocks them so much when we pull away! They take it as a personal rejection. They're strangers. Go figure!

ask them how they are.. i dont know if this one has been done.

Address Aspies by derogatory terms that you think we won't understand.