What is the difference between NT introvert and an aspie?

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Introverted NTs can understand non-verbal communication; aspies can't. Then, aspies will very probably have motor coordination problems, while introverted NTs may not have these problem. Also, most aspies understand things literally (I do this myself), while introversed NTs (usually) don't do this. Then, there are a lot of other differences between an introverted NT and an aspie, but these ones are the ones I think that are the most important.

There are a few papers suggesting that introversion is a milder/non-clinical form of Autism:

I don't think being an aspie makes you an introvert necesarily. I would asume and NT introvert is someone who is wrapped up in themselves and doesn't feel the need for lots of socialising or friends all the time.

Some aspies are social, but just lack the skills to be good at it.

The DSM-IV-TR puts it as (difference between normal personality and AS):

An introverted NT would still be NT; able to read body language, unlikely to have obsessions, would likely get subtlety.
An NT introvert is simply a person who shares my love for quiet and solitude.

My cousin-removed-once (Chris' daughter) is a gifted introvert, or at least, I think she's gifted. She's at least very good in school (had multiple honor/IB/AP classes throughout high school, etc.). She does have some autistic traits (hand waving rapidly when she's happy, for example, and being socially awkward), but that can be easily explained by the fact that she's gifted. She gets sarcasm, makes eye contact appropriately, and pretty much acts like an NT 95% of the time.

From what I understood about the MBTI and introversion/extroversion, it is to do with one's energy. That is, where one directs their energy and where they receive it from.

An extrovert directs and receives their energy from external sources.

An introvert directs and receives their energy from internal sources.

If an extrovert is left on their own too long, their energy will get drained and they will need to be stimulated from external sources again.

If an introvert is stimulated from external sources too long, they will need to retreat inwards to recharge their energy again.

An Aspie can be either an introvert or an extrovert, though from what I gather they are more likely to be an introvert.

The other letters of the MBTI (iNtuition vs Sensing, and Thinking vs Feeling) are to do with how one perceives their World (iNtuitives are more focussed on the big picture and think more about the past and the future, patterns, etc, in more abstract ways, whereas a Sensing person is more a details person and lives in the here and now, affected by their five senses more so) and how one makes decisions (Thinking people are more objective thinkers and make their decisions based on facts) and Feeling people are more subjective thinkers and make their decisions based more on their values and beliefs, etc).
The fourth letter (Judging or Perceiving) is a lot more complex and was added by Isobel Myers to Jung's original concept and is basically to do with our preferences and whether we direct each preference externally or internally.
If a person has a Judging preference, for example, they are an INTJ, then their primary preference is to introvert thinking, with an auxillary preference to extrovert intuition. That is, they make their decisions in a thinking style as their main style (hidden from the World, introverted), and this is backed up by extroverting their intuition to others (visible). Someone who is an INTP, however, will primarily introvert their intuition and extrovert their thinking. Someone who is an ENTP will extrovert their intuition primarily, backed up by introverting their thinking.

I *think* I got that right, my knowledge is a bit rusty.

I find this all very confusing and it makes me doubt again whether I am perhaps "just" an introvert... although I did receive a provisional diagnosis of being on the spectrum last week... I am capable of making eye contact (at least I think I am), I do not stim that much, and I do know when to shut it in social situations, or when to speak up. That being said, I do realize I've spent the last ten years learning about social activities, maybe I've just become an expert at it. I don't know... at this stage, I find it so very hard to know who "I" am, where my compensating stops or starts and where the real me is hidden.

I can see why some consider introversion as a mild form of autism; as my friend (a psychiatric nurse) said: "ten years ago, you would have just been labeled introverted". What makes it different for me, it that it is disabling: I suffer from sensory overload a great deal, I find it hard to comply with the great variety of demands at work and to manage the "human capital" there, I am an outright verbal thinker with an uneven IQ profile, I fail at most relationships. And I'm obsessive over special interests - currently finding out whether I am really on the spectrum or not - to the extent where I forget everything else.

I just hope, as times goes by and all this "knowledge" sinks in, that I will discover who is lurking under the mask of compensation.

interesting subject--sometimes i feel we are barely beginning to ask the right questions about it.

i have observed INTJs will enjoy the company of other INTJs, maybe become raucous, & even if competitive (like a roomful of chessplayers) share a feeling of camaraderie that i have difficulty discovering in myself.

i don't seek out other aspies (though i'm not in theory opposed to the idea), & if i meet another i may not even acknowledge it (without being unsympathetic). there would have to be a reason to interact, something i wanted to share or gain. not just for the sake of concentrating a rare quality. --on the plus side, it is very pleasant for two of us to be able to share silence. i think that is a pleasure neurotypicals will never experience without anxiety.

i imagine it is rather easier for the neurotyp INTJ to gain a hearing from other types, to be accepted or even acknowledged as being more correct. something about autism antagonizes the others & makes them want to resist, even in the face of reason &/or circumstance. it affects your whole outlook whether you're used to be listened to, or accustomed to misunderstanding. the rest--almost doesn't matter.

i'm wondering the differences between aspergers and being an introvert as well.

i've had roommates and coworkers suggest i have asperger's but never bothered checking out what it is until now. i always felt insulted when someone would say it. it felt like a way of dismissing something i was good at as being a result of a disorder instead of hard work. i dont think im explaining that right but maybe you get what i mean. anyway reading up on aspergers it does seem like how my brain seems to work but so does intj. (i checked out that intjforum linked but can't relate to it like i have been reading WP)

maybe more people can say differences they've found or learned about between aspergers and introversion?