How obvious do you think you are?

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I think it's pretty obvious to most people that I'm an anxious person. Most people that know about my autism diagnosis tell me that I don't come across as autistic.

Not obvious at all if pleasantries are the only thing being exchanged, but people can tell I'm a bit strange if it's beyond that. I don't think most would guess on the spectrum just because they only know the stereotypes and lower end of the spectrum- which isn't their fault.

Obvious when I'm depressed and I need to do weird things for comfort
Other than that I'm pretty much invisible so I pass under the radar

A lot of people think I have ADHD or that I'm a little weird, my friends weren't surprised to find out I have aspergers, but they wouldn't have guessed it, I'm a pretty good actor tho

People think that I'm odd/eccentric/weird. Autism doesn't enter into their mind when people think of me.

I'm pretty obvious now, I think. I don't handflap or have other obvious stims, but too many people who meet me seem to just deduce it and then start offering for me to go to things for people with ASD (panels, programs, focus groups, etc.). This is telling considering I only disclose explicitly that I'm on the spectrum about 25% of the time and make a deliberate effort not to mention autism in relationship to self otherwise.

I'm not across-the-room weird. I do get funny looks when someone tries to engage me in simple chat, though. I don't know whether they think "autism" or something else. My impression is 40% think I'm a weirdo, 40% think I'm an a***hole, and 10% don't notice anything because they're weirdo a***holes, too.

I'm not sure what people who don't know much about autism think of me, but the people who know me who know more about autism than the general public seemed to have thought it was obvious I was autistic.

Some of the responses I've gotten when I said I may be autistic:

-"I've thought for years you might be!"

-(My friend asked her friend if she thought I was on the spectrum) "Oh, he totally is!"

-"I already know that. I've probably known longer than you have."

I think that once people realise how old I am then it's obvious to them that there is something "different" about me.

I'm not too certain whether they realise what that "difference" is though.

Some people might!

People can all tell that I am weird, but they do not recognize it as being Autistic. There seem to be 2 main stereotypes about Autistics, and I am not at all like either.

I hide it pretty well, most people wouldn't pick it, if a conversation is getting to that point where I don't know where it is going I have learnt to get away - toilet break etc. I remember getting busted once pulling a face when the conversation was stressing me, after that I learnt to get out and pull my face in private!

am unable to make a assumption of self,but am highly obvious as autistic/ID to others because am regulary stopped by members of the community;sometimes to be shouted at with ret*d and othertimes its to offer staff support, they have also come up to staff and mentioned the autism and told us of their autistic relatives as well.
after moving into this carehome and being stood outside with staff in the heat one night;was homed in on by a kind neighbour to offer her GSD dog as dog therapy,she assumed was completely unable to understand anything though as she did all the talking to staff.

I reckon most people cannot tell I am autistic, due to a combination of low autism awareness and my family to mostly hide many symptoms in public. I bet I just come across as a bit weird to most people.

I find that most people think I am "kind of odd" but only associate Asperger's (if they've even heard of it) with quirky adolescent boys and hand-flapping, so they don't think "OH, SHE has Asperger's, that's what it is."

The bad part about this is, then they assume my "quirks" are under my control, and I can just "stop being weird, stop acting like that". They also assign intentions to me in social conversations that I don't mean....when I try to explain that I don't get subtlety/sarcasm/etc...I am often not believed.

Don't know