Aspies and NT's, What's the Difference?

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I've found being myself is mostly loathsome and offensive to people-not necessarily because I'm autistic, but because I think outside the box. I see through things. I'm not a sheep. I also won't be bullied either physically or emotionally. As I've grown up, the physical is no longer a problem except for over-zealous cops. Emotionally, though, I find myself being belittled through caustic and sarcastic comments. The thing I never figured is that this would happen around people who have AS. Since we are the "higher-functioning" of the autism species, I figured even if we're socially bungled, we'd at least try to avoid sarcasm and downright cruelty at all costs. But I find cruelty knows no limitations. It knows no boundaries. I've been to 1 real-life support group and 2 online groups and I must say I don't feel the love or connection or whatever it is that support is supposed to mean. I find Aspies and NT's equal in this. I also don't get why people with AS get so touchy about being defined by their autism. I define who I am. Not my autism or my migraines. My NT mother never said "normal makes me who I am". She never said, "Nursing makes me who I am." She said, "The love I have for my family and what they give me makes me who I am". Autism is only a part of who I am. Unfortunately, it is a peculiar part that cannot seem to find its way into the whole, if only just a small piece of that whole.
I expect strong responses. Try your best to keep them polite and put the sarcasm and it's sister caustic on the back burner or don't bother posting, please.

I Think AS refers to the fact your brain works diffrently and reacts diffrently to diffrent things than what NT Brains do (i.e aspies people hate lots of questions quickly but NTs will cope with it). the only reason we aspies need help to cope in this world is that the world is buit around the fact that everyone is an NT. where if it was built aroud aspies, NTs would need the help and would be seen as "weird".

Some people are left-brained and some right brained. Some people are heterosexual, others are homosexual, some people are Aspies, most people are NT.
The difference? the first 2 examples are become more and more accepted in society. But sadly AS is lagging on the fight for understanding and acceptance.
The problem? We're just autistic enough to be slightly "odd" or "eccentric" compared to NT's but a far cry from our more severe cousins further down the spectrum, the ones who remain non-verbal, in diapers and have head-banging bouts of anger. This being said, AS seems very supercial and upon first glance, we hardly seemed disabled at all. It's such a mild form of autism and such a behavioural based disorder that people dismiss it as a quirk or personality trait, and be on their merry way.

So.... sorry for the lengthly rant, to answer your question, the difference between NT and AS (there are many small differences) is that NT are more "even" or "whole-brained" if you will meaning that they will be more balanced socially and intellectually, where as AS is more right or left sided. Aspies are stronger on one side rather than the other. Many aspies are above average intelligence but below average socially. It's an unwilling tradeoff of social skills for intellectual skills

Also I go by the saying " I have AS, it doesn't have me", agreeing with you that I define who I am. And I'm sorry that you have had a more difficult time finding acceptance, I agree I was also a little shocked by that, because I've always been treated better by Aspies myself but every person is different I guess. Good luck with everything else!

Also I go by the saying " I have AS, it doesn't have me", agreeing with you that I define who I am. And I'm sorry that you have had a more difficult time finding acceptance, I agree I was also a little shocked by that, because I've always been treated better by Aspies myself but every person is different I guess. Good luck with everything else!

I believe that at its base its really just a different way of thinking, as in an entirely different thought process and way of processing information.

To answer your question, there isn't one. No two brains work the same. Even genetically identical brains change over time to adapt to different environments. This binary Aspie/NT classification doesn't really exist, it is only theoretical.