I had a thought

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I realize this is a black-and-white statement, and doesn't apply to all cases, but:

People with antisocial personality disorder come across as nice people, but are really a-holes.

People with asperger's syndrome come across as a-holes, but are really nice people.

Just a thought.

it's all about the presentation. that's why women go for guys who drive BMWs and lie to them.

It just goes to show that NT notions of Good and Bad are wrong. They tend to associate evil with anti-social people who have no friends.

Interesting thought, Gaya. I think that is largely true. I would add "borderline" to the first group you mention, too- anyone with a manipulative nature.

People mistake serious and/or blunt (which ASD people tend to be) for mean.

What made me think about this was a comparison between my cousin and me. My cousin is male and 2 weeks younger than me, and has "antisocial" tendencies. I have characteristics of asperger's syndrome and I'm female. He and I were the antithesis of each other when we were children, so I decided asperger's syndrome and antisocial personality disorder are also the antithesis of each other.

Is he one of those charming "users?"
I hate that.

People with Borderline Personality Disorder don't have manipulative natures. Actually, from what I've read, part of the reason they get accused of being manipulative is because they aren't as good at being manipulative as regular folks, so if they do, people notice it. Plus, other people just don't believe that there natural strong emotional reactions are real, so think, wrongly, that they are acting for manipulative reasons.

I don't know anything about Antisocial Personality Disorder, but I do agree there are those people who are nice on the service, and not so nice underneath, and they people with Asperger's or high functioning autism would tend to be the opposite. (By high functioning here, I basically mean people where it's not necessarily obvious to others there's a disability.)