aspies and superiority

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i find myself often thinking of myself as superior to NT's and not in a condecending look down upon them way but more as a i find them amusing... i dont mean to sound sadistic or anything but i just find people funny in kind of a condecending way but i would never act such way towards a person of any nature because i have a big thing about never making anyone feel bad... prolly doesnt seem like it by my comment but voiceing opinion is something i enjoy and hurting ones feelings is something i would not, (intentionally) and if i do "hey i have aspergers, im sorry" LBS

We are not superior to NT's just different. While there maybe areas we are superior such as hyperfocusing, resistance to change, executive function disorders are not good traits.

I don't wanna be superior to anybody, I just want to function!

Sometimes, I tend to think like Benadict Cumbatch's version of Sherlock.. Though it doesn't happen all the time.. A good 90% of the time I just want to achieve the things I tend to set out for myself.

I find some people amusing, others confusing. But I don't feel superior to NTs. In any way.

I'm sure they find you funny in a condescending way too. I know I do.

I have never felt superior to NTs and personally I really struggle with the fact that some Aspies think that they are inherently superior to NTs. I have had arguments with a guy with Aspergers I met at university who started ranting on about how NTs owed people with Aspergers as we invented everything. My argument was that not only is this untrue but, even if they did, it was their individual achievement rather than the achievement of everybody with Aspergers.

be careful. in fact I would say stop using this website if you start treating neurotypicals like inferior or looking down upon them because you're being influenced by Wrong Planet.

^ agreed. Top post.

I think it's easy, on WP, to develop an "us against them" type of mentality. I don't think I'm superior to NTs, but we each have gifts that we bring to the table.

I sometimes act intellectually superior so people don't realize I'm a social turkey

Some people act socially superior so people don't realize they're dumb as bricks.

The Human Condition: Using your strengths to hide your weaknesses

I just dislike the people who knocked me around and gave me a hard time. I have no idea if they were NT or otherwise.

a lot of people disagree but i can relate. im sorry to be controversial (Im an aspie so not really sorry) but I feel like we are a different species of humans with much more logical and observant minds. I've felt this way for a while and have been proven right a lot of times. not to say we should run the world or become a superior race. I honestly believe we came here as souls from a different planet/species to help humans get over their old ways of thinking and move forward. The reason we get classified as disabled is because we are still learning how to function in a very foreign environment in these very dense bodies. we don't really quite have a feel for our physical bodies and we don't understand a lot of the social constructs (or we just don't feel the need to give into them) but our mental capacity is our strong suit and its whats gonna keep us from being completely marginalized.

sorry if ive offended anyone who wants to believe we are as human as neurotypicals. I just like to be honest and share what I believe to be likely.