Those aspergers guys can't take a joke, but when they talk it usually pays to listen.
LOL! i actually think a lot of gun guys have aspergers.
Personal / PhysicalRepetitive routines or rituals
Can engage in tasks (sometimes mudane ones) for hours and hours
Flat, or blank expression much of the time
Doesn't always recognize faces right away (even close loved ones)
Strong sensitivity to sound, touch, taste, sight, and smell (e.g. fabrics—won’t wear certain things, fluorescent lights)
Sensitivity to the texture of foods
Eccentric personality
Idiosyncratic attachment to inanimate objects
Being "in their own world" / Preoccupied with their own agenda
Highly gifted in one or more areas, e.g. math, music, etc
Single-mindedness
Likes and dislikes can be very rigid
Can spend hours in the library researching, loves learning and information
May have difficulty staying in college despite a high level of intelligence
Limited interests / Intense focus on one or two subjects
Unusual preoccupations
Collects things
Clumsiness / Uncoordinated motor movements
Speech and language peculiarities / hyperlexia (little professors) or, early in life may have a speech impediment
Non-verbal communication problems: difficulty reading body language, facial expression and tone
Word repetition (they may frequently repeat what you've just said)
Excellent rote memory
FOCUSING ON THE POSITIVE:
Focus and diligence – The Asperger ability to focus on tasks for a long period of time without needing supervision or incentive is legendary.
Internal motivation – as opposed to being motivated by praise, money, bills or acceptance. This ensures a job done with conscience, with personal pride.
Independent, unique thinking – people with AS tend to spend a lot of time alone and will likely have developed their own unique thoughts as opposed to a ‘herd’ mentality.
Higher fluid intelligence – scientists in Japan have recently discovered that AS children have a higher fluid intelligence than non-autistic children. Fluid intelligence is "the ability to find meaning in confusion and solve new problems. It is the ability to draw inferences and understand the relationships of various concepts, independent of acquired knowledge.” (Wikipedia 2009) Experts say that those with AS have a higher than average general IQ as well.
Visual, three-dimensional thinking – some with AS are very visual in their thought processes, which lends itself to countless useful and creative applications.
Attention to detail – sometimes with painstaking perfection.
Honesty – the value of being able to say “the emperor isn’t wearing any clothes.”
Logic over emotion – although people with AS are very emotional at times, we spend so much time ‘computing’ in our minds that we get quite good at it. We can be very logical in our approach to problem-solving.
Relationships
We Can often be distant physically and/or emotionally.
Often are attracted to another purely because they are attracted to us
Alternatively, we can be obsessive
May have a hard time saying I love you, showing physical affection
We can be very critical
We takes things personally
We can be very loyal to one person
Often times we will make no motions to keep a friendships going
We need to withdraw and have solitude
Men in particular find emotions messy and unquantifiable; If partner tries to share her love for him, he may find her need to “connect” smothering
Our attention is narrowly focused on our own interests
Men with undiagnosed AS often feel as if their partner is being ungrateful or “bitchy” when she complains he is uncaring or never listens to her
He can become quite defensive when she asks for clarification or a little sympathy. The defensiveness can turn into verbal abuse (usually not physical abuse) as the man attempts to control the communication to suit his view of the world.
Social Interactions
Desire for friendships and social contact but difficulty acquiring and maintaining them
Shuts down in social situations
Social withdrawal / may avoid social gatherings
Lack of interest in other people
Lack of empathy at times
Difficulty understanding others’ feelings
Can obsess about having friends to prove they’re “normal”
Rigid social behavior due to an inability to spontaneously adapt to variations in social situations
Has an urge to inform that can result in being blunt / insulting
Preoccupied with their own agenda
Great difficulty with small-talk and chatter
ANYBODY YOU KNOW?