why do people think were idiots?

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From my perspective:

- Ridiculously compliant.
- "Zoning out" phases, in which I 'leave' the world for a while. I would surmise that this is where I appear to be at my blankest.
- Atrocious at reciprocating in social situations. When I am at my absolute worst, I either nod, nervously chortle or respond with one-word answers.
- Delayed responses to simple questions.
- Misusing complicated language because my mind tends to draw associations from synonyms and antonyms.
- Forgetting people's names.
- Delineating about something when it's either unnecessary or inappropriate.
- Interpreting language far too literally.
- Black/white thinking - maybe a BPD trait.
- Difficulties multi-tasking due to sensory problems (sound).
- Appalling concentration because of the reason mentioned above.

I've never had anyone tell me that I'm an idiot to be fair.

Also, I have never thought that anyone else was an idiot either.

Maybe it could be karma.

When i was young i would take the bus to school, and there was this guy who took the same bus every morning.
He always wore a helmet and would make loud sirene sounds and flap his hands.
I also had a friend with an autistic brother, i've never met him and she never talked about it. But some other kids that had been to her house would tell stories that her brother was weird and crazy.
I know this sounds rude but i thought autistic people were mentally disabled. Now i have read into it and realise how narrow minded it was off me to think like that.
But it is lack of knowledge, so don't get upset when people think like that. Forgive them and see it as an opertunity to change their view on things.

Lots of good answers here but some of us also have comorbids like dyslexia & ADHD(I have both) that can cause us to have problems with learning.

From Dear Freinds (FiresignTheater)
"It's Jubilee. Where all wars and debts are settled. Would you like to settle this war right now? Between the two of us. Being the head idiot of my country....Ok you can be the head idiot of your country if I can be the head idiot of my country ....I'm the head idiot of my (whispered look at those two guys)what about all those little countries in between ... Just look at them. They are full of idiots...hey if you come over to my country I won't have to be the biggest idiot any more .. And if I came to your country.....

Lots of people like to judge people by something they did not choose. It makes me extremely angry to see those discarding those with special needs, mental illness, etc. on that sole purpose, instead of judging their character.

Anyone else feel it ever felt like one of the Discarded Toys from the Rudolph animated movie?

Anyone feel teenagers is in itself a Co-morbidity.
"Go to your room until your frontal cortex develops"

The OP posted this a year ago. Don't know if he is still looking for an answer.

The question is why do people in HIS life lash out at HIM as an individual, and call him an "idiot"?

We would have to know more about his life, and about specific instances.

But it must have something to do with his lack of social skills.

I can't stand it when people start threads asking questions without giving an example of what they're talking about. One line questions throw me off. If the OP posted an example after his question, I would have been able to elaborate more.

I felt like I was on an island by myself my whole life even with my own parents who were aware I was on the spectrum. My mom suspected me of being autistic since I was a toddler but my GP said "Nick's just being Nick". I had LOTS of meltdowns with my parents cuz they didn't really understand my autism or my other physical & mental disabilities. When I had meltdowns sometimes my mom would threaten to send me to juvie, kick me out of the house, send me to military school, or put me up for adoption. She still threatened to kick me out of the house or have me arrested when I had meltdowns with her as an adult sometimes. I was only living with my parents cuz I didn't have any other options. I didn't have the rite diagnoses or was disabled enough in any one area to qualify for services to help me me out & be on my own or anything. Thankfully I'm living with my girlfriend now who's also on the spectrum & has some physical & mental issues so I feel like I have one person who relates, accepts me & understands me.