Sheila Schoonmaker

Moron written about some ’symptoms’ and characteristics of Aspergers, but this time without

1. excessive talking → about:
2. low or no participation in conferences, group meetings, etc.
3. difficulty working as a “team,”
4. lacking initiation when in groups, and
5. difficulty talking to classmates or co-workers as “pals.”

Excessive is another one of those relative words. I’d say almost all of my teachers in school were excessive talkers. What makes the difference between neurotypical people talking too much verses Aspergians doing so is attitude.

NTs communicate with a different language that relies upon their own culture’s non-verbal smoke signals to send their ‘polite’ hints to let a speaker know they’ve had enough. Yawns, looking at something else (like a watch), etc. usually work (not well with teachers and ministers though).

Aspergians shoot ’straight from the hip’ during conversations. So does the deaf culture. Neither think like typical people do. Aspies and deaf folks don’t enjoy wasting time with small talk that is meaningless and boring. If I say anymore about the first on my list in this post, then that’s excessive.

The next relative in this family of words put together to make Aspergers look inferior stems from the myth that Aspergians either don’t participate or have low participation in such things as conferences or group meetings. Let’s ask Autism Speaks if we can show how we’re able to bust this myth!

Next, let’s ask the Autism Hub how difficult it is for them to get Aspergians to volunteer as blog members. How do the ‘professionals’ on Aspergers explain the comments that were on Blogging for Autism Awareness In April ?

Has anyone ever been forced to work on a “team” that has no clue over what they’re doing . . . but yet the other team members think they do? If so, how easy was it?

As for initiation in groups, much depends on the level of logic Aspergians see in that group. Because Aspies (mixed in a group of NT people) usually detect patterns well ahead of NTs (NTs . . . you have your own ‘gifts,’ so don’t get in a tizzy now), Aspergians don’t bother to introduce something that they know is going to be rejected. We Aspies are not as retarded as some people might like to think we are.

Difficulty talking to classmates or co-workers as “pals?” Let’s take a native from one country (e.g., Aspergians) and a native from another country (e.g., those in the deaf culture), then put them together in a third country (e.g., hearing enabled NTs) to watch how they all get along.