Social impairment subtypes

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Just did a brief extended family poll. Both my maternal grandparents were aspie; all their 7 children are on the spectrum.

grandfather - active but odd
grandmother - passive
mom - aloof (but silly)
uncle - aloof
3 aunts - active but odd
2 aunts - passive

No time to get into all my AS cousins!! These subtypes are very interesting to me. We seem to be a rare family with so many "active but odd" types; probably the co-morbid hyperactive-type ADD. My grandfather even worked as a clown when he retired.

A mix of aloof, passive and active but odd.

I'm just odd full stop.

Combination of active but odd and over formal.

Wow! I'd never heard of these sub-types. Definitely 'over-formal' here.

im defintley the first three.

A mix of all of them, but mostly aloof.

I am a mixture of passive and formal.

Passive/formal.

Was aloof when little, have learned to be passive, but a formal when nervous.

Interesting... most of the stuff I've read says that aloof is the most popular type and passive is uncommon. That probably applies more to classic autism though. I did expect more 'active but odd' - that seems to be the stereotype you always hear about AS. I guess quiet passive aspies like me are more common than I thought.

Just tonight my husband was having a musical jam session with a couple of friends. At the end I put a mic stand away for the one guy when he was done with it, and he thanked me. I heard him but unfortunately I didn't acknowledge it. (Shame on me - someone else speaks first - initiates - and I still don't hold up my end of the interaction.) My husband said, "Say 'you're welcome', Dear". With a grin I turned to the other guy and repeated "You're welcome Dear". At least the humor went over well.

im a mix between Aloof and active but odd^^

Aloof
x-may isolate self
x-may become electively mute
x-complete withdrawl from social interactions
x behaving as if other people do not exist (sometimes)
x-little or no eye contact
-no response when spoken to
x-no response to cuddling, may respond to rough-and-tumble play
-only show extreme emotion
x-seems to be in their own world
-use people only to get what they want
x-show no empathy

Active but Odd (their wording, not mine)
x-own needs seen as priority, egocentric
x-little concept of compromise
xassertive sometimes to the point of being overly aggressive
x-poor eye contact, or stare
-initiate verbal interactions, but one-sided monologue on topic of interest

x - me
- not me

Last edited by Kellaway225 on 20 Apr 2007, 4:57 am, edited 1 time in total.

Aloof
x-may isolate self
x-may become electively mute
x-complete withdrawl from social interactions
-behaving as if other people do not exist
x-little or no eye contact
-no response when spoken to
-no response to cuddling, may respond to rough-and-tumble play
-only show extreme emotion
x-seems to be in their own world
-use people only to get what they want
-show no empathy

Passive
x-passively accepts social approaches as long as the other person initiates and keeps it going
x-may enjoy social contact but does not initiate it or seek it out
x-may or may not make eye contact
x-social approaches from people are tolerated as long as they're not sudden/unexpected or intrusive/disruptive
x-quiet, easy going, can engage in activities led by others
[my input - could be related to executive dysfunction?]

Active but Odd (their wording, not mine)
x-own needs seen as priority, egocentric
-little concept of compromise
-assertive sometimes to the point of being overly aggressive
x-poor eye contact, or stare
-initiate verbal interactions, but one-sided monologue on topic of interest

Over-formal, Stilted
-good language ability
x-excessively polite and formal
x-rule-driven - black and white thinking, no grey areas
-try very hard to stick to the rules of social interaction without really understanding them

Mix of Active but Odd/Over Formal.

I'm definitely aloof. (Be aloof, the world needs more loofs!)

-may isolate self (yeah, look at me, only showing up here once a month or so XD)
-may become electively mute (I'd be so happy if I never had to speak at all)
-complete withdrawl from social interactions (yep)
-behaving as if other people do not exist (I actually think to myself "you don't exist, you don't exist" as I'm passing someone XD)
-little or no eye contact (yep)
-no response when spoken to (? #2)
-no response to cuddling, may respond to rough-and-tumble play (Hey! I respond to cuddling: GTFO AWAY FROM ME)
-only show extreme emotion (hang on, not sure what this one actually means...)
-seems to be in their own world (I am, most of the time)
-use people only to get what they want (...possibly :\)
-show no empathy (No. My withdrawal is due to TOO MUCH empathy, in my opinion: I feel things too intensely and can't cope)

i yhink i'm somwehere between active and aloof/passive.

aloof:
-may isolate self
-may become electively mute
-behaving as if other people do not exist
-seems to be in their own world
-use people only to get what they want
-show no empathy

passive:
-passively accepts social approaches as long as the other person initiates and keeps it going
-may enjoy social contact but does not initiate it or seek it out

active:
-little concept of compromise
-assertive sometimes to the point of being overly aggressive
-poor eye contact, or stare
-initiate verbal interactions, but one-sided monologue on topic of interest

Mostly Aloof and Formal with a bit of Passive/Aggressive thrown into the mix.