Why is the aspie stereotype ugly?

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When you're always happy, it's hard to be ugly

we're supposed to have a tendency to not smoke? hmm intresting...I guess that one does not fit me.

I've always been told that I'm quite attractive.

Where I live I do not see this Asperger/autism stereotype of being ugly. People around here usually view Asperger's/autism as a condition that allows special gifts while also having challenges.

I can see why people dislike aspie guys (geeky, sometimes pedantic, rarely athletic), but aspie girls are just fantastic; I think they are way cooler that NT's

I looked at the stereotype and laughed. This isn't right. If someone saw me on the street they wouldn't have a clue I have Aspergers. I dress well and wear makeup when going out, someone once told me I have a good fashion sense. I think we aspies are good looking

my friend told me there was a neurologist that could tell what mental disorder you have by looking at the eyes.

I don't know why people make crap like this. These people obviously have incredibly narrow minds and it definitely bothers me to see AS, or any condition, portrayed in such a manner, and I'm usually a very tolerant person. I just can't wrap my head around why some people can be so cavalier about being so hurtful to a group of people they obviously know nothing about. It's insensitive moronic behaviour like this that I strive very hard to dispose of by spreading awareness wherever I can.

You are absolutely incorrect. It is untrue that "Most clinically diagnosed aspies have severe problems functioning independently". You are not a clinician nor a geneticist I presume, from what you have said. You are assisting the very stereotype that OP is complaining about and which people make fun of. I am not ugly, although I am not a fashion slave I wear what looks appropriate and suits me and I am intelligent. This however does not mean I do not suffer greatly with my AS traits. I can't speak for the US but AS is in no way over-diagnosed here, it's actually incredibly difficult for most adults to get diagnosed. I have in the past lived alone and supported myself, not without anxiety and other issues, but I did it.

England is totally overrun with chavs, the stereotyping phase went long ago, they are pretty much the norm and the rest of us are the outsiders. Then Aspies are probably the outsiders amongst even those outsiders.

This is not true. There was a well-publicised recent study which found otherwise, and there have been a variety of threads on the matter on WP before, as well as a plethora on the internet if you search.

Search on " physical morphology autism" or "physical dysmorphology autism".

I thought it said somewhere that Aspies are more good-looking?

Ahh! The contradictions that go on here!! !

What puzzles me is that there actually is a slightly-noticeable characteristic "look" for spectrumites, and it's almost mutually exclusive with ugliness, but the stereotypes apparently don't bother incorporating that information. When you have information, why ignore it? Must be a neurotypical thing.

Even after the many years that have elapsed since this thread started- I still thnk that the poster on the first page's comment still applies- that asperger's isnt even well known enough to have a stereotype.

Aspie-like characters on TV dont have any particular look.

The most accurately portrayed aspie on TV (even though he is never id'd as such on the show) is the little boy named "Brick" in the sitcom "the Middle". He is kinda odd looking, but not actually bad looking. The title character in Bones is a very aspie acting woman who is above average in looks by the standards of most. Sheldon in the BBT is rather average looking.