Auties, Aspies, and other CloudCuckooLanders!

I am getting really tired of being seen as a charity case all the time. Its not as bad as it was when I was in school, but still, I'm a person, not some helpless baby.

Welcome back Callieach. I can't figure out what your image caption means. Can you give me a hint?

I agree. But not just for autism. For everyone. People should not try to be as good at things as everyone else. People should try to be better at something than everyone else. To do otherwise is to sort of miss the point of life.

I agree too, don't strive to just be average, strive to be better than the average. Go as far as your skills will allow you. Don't be afraid to go that extra mile.

It's a message written in code. It has something to do with a numerical sequence first created in middle age Europe

My tablet registers it as a couple of phone numbers.

Did you know that Redstone used to be jokingly referred to as "Aspergite" by the fanbase?

As possibly the only person here who has never played minecraft, I don't get it.

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Guess I wasn't tricky enough for you

Redstone is essentially Minecraft's "programming language". The joke about calling it "Aspergite" is that people with Aspergers may be drawn to it for the things that can be done with it, and spend a lot of time using it to program things.

It's not that "lol only people with autism like minecraft hurr hurr"?

Not if it was the fanbase saying that. And that would be a strange thing to say given the enormous size of the game's audience. Plus, there's a way nerdier alternative game linked in my Location.

Don't try to apply logic to internet douchebaggery.

@Redstone: Really? I have never seen it be called "Aspergite". Huh, I guess that's my new thing learned for the day!

I once spent several consecutive hours trying to make an advanced redstone world before I realized that I wouldn't be inventing anything since Sethbling and some others have already made every conceivable redstone creation, and copying wouldn't have a point to it since it's a creative world so it wouldn't make a survival thing any easier; so there would be no point

edited 29th May '16 2:39:15 PM by SmartGirl333

Don't feel I spend hours on survival building some crazy thing to aid me, only to find it useless or too complex to use on a regular basis. :/

Such is the curse of being an Aspie, I overthink everything!

edited 29th May '16 4:04:20 PM by Troperfrom95

I'm sorry about my increasingly non-sequitur rants, but there's something else I've noticed about being autistic, specifically about having Asperger's and the typical "Asperger's quirks"

I always feel like no one takes my intelligence seriously outside of Asperger's. All the "smart" things I do are seen as a result of my Asperger's. Researching things in-depth, knowing a lot of trivia, being good at math, are seen as "Asperger's traits" instead of intelligence. So I'm never put on the same level as other smart people, I'm just the "Asperger's girl" constantly compared to Sheldon Cooper. Seen as a novelty who can recite lots of facts and be a charming Aspie, instead of a person with intelligence who can invent and create things and change society like they say about the other "smart people."

I think I've said this before, but I think the majority of the university professors I've met might be on the spectrum.

It is possible to be smart in different ways, but I think that there are a lot of smart people that are considered simply regular smart and eccentric because no one knows they are aspies.

At the same time, these Aspergers traits are associated with intelligence, so that's a good thing. A lot of people see autism/Aspergers merely as lack of intelligence, so this is a big improvement.

edited 29th May '16 7:31:19 PM by BonsaiForest

I think people see me as more of a novelty than anything else. The stereotype is that Aspies are rigid and uncreative, so when people hear me reciting facts or doing complex math problems, they assume that's all I can do. Recite things like a robot. They don't see me as someone who can be an innovator, or apply my intelligence to something other than robotic recitation. So I miss the "genius" category and fall into the "novelty act" one.

I see you as someone who's funny and nice to talk to, Melissa. I always enjoy your company, and I always wanna chat with you more.

Thanks =)

It's just something that's always bothered me about the public's view of Asperger's

It's easy enough with me in that people don't automatically know I'm Asperger's until I say so.

People can tell there's something off about me. They don't normally pick Asperger's as a first guess though

edited 29th May '16 7:43:23 PM by Cailleach

I believe the average person uses their assessment of a person's social capability as an assessment of their intelligence. Up to a point.

At least where I am from, if you don't act normal, you must be either really smart or really stupid, because you don't have normal intelligence. Throw in a few smart words or observations, and you can take advantage of the stereotype.

People just don't understand, at least not without being taught, that for some people, intelligence does not show through in their ability to engage in a conversation. I think this is the root problem of how some people can get the idea that autism is a burden/serious mental handicap.

edited 29th May '16 7:47:07 PM by war877

I mean, most people can tell when I'm off too, but it depends. I can act really charming depending on the person. Hell, my friends at college were trying to keep me from interacting with my friend Nolan's dad because they were worried I'd freak him out, but I just showed up and calmly introduced myself, praised Nolan for something he'd done earlier in our Speech class, and then that was that.