Why don't Aspies stick together?

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shartora
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29 Feb 2012, 4:38 am

Surfman wrote:

Aspies can be a pain in the ass sometimes, some just prattle about whats important to them, and many have poor listening skills........

Aspies: bastards the lot of them!! Ah...

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29 Feb 2012, 4:46 am

shartora wrote:

Surfman wrote:

Aspies can be a pain in the ass sometimes, some just prattle about whats important to them, and many have poor listening skills........

Aspies: bastards the lot of them!! Ah...

i try my best to be a good conversationalist, and i mostly listen and let others do the talking. the only time my ears shut down is when people become abusive.

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29 Feb 2012, 4:52 am

auntblabby wrote:

shartora wrote:

Surfman wrote:

Aspies can be a pain in the ass sometimes, some just prattle about whats important to them, and many have poor listening skills........

Aspies: bastards the lot of them!! Ah...

i try my best to be a good conversationalist, and i mostly listen and let others do the talking. the only time my ears shut down is when people become abusive.

Surfman has a point. The mega-repeat stuff that comes out sometimes could try the patience of Job. I'd hardly class mentioning that as abuse.

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29 Feb 2012, 4:56 am

shartora wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

shartora wrote:

Surfman wrote:

Aspies can be a pain in the ass sometimes, some just prattle about whats important to them, and many have poor listening skills........

Aspies: bastards the lot of them!! Ah...

i try my best to be a good conversationalist, and i mostly listen and let others do the talking. the only time my ears shut down is when people become abusive.

Surfman has a point. The mega-repeat stuff that comes out sometimes could try the patience of Job. I'd hardly class mentioning that as abuse.

i did not mean for anybody to think that such was abuse. patience-trying, but not abuse. the biblical sense of "long suffering" applies here.

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29 Feb 2012, 6:00 am

I didn't read the whole thread. It's probably a good idea in theory and can be very messy when implemented. Considering that typical aspies don't have much people skill and feel uncomfortable with others, sticking together won't happen very easily. Somehow I visualize trying to glue a bunch of pebbles together with cooking oil. Besides the more visible an organization is the more it becomes target of attacks. If the organization is not strong within it would fall apart easily. What we need are NT parents, spouses, siblings and friends who are passionate activists, who can relate to the NT world to advocate for us.

Of course I don't mean we shouldn't speak up for ourselves. It's just a close NT person probably does it a lot better and with much less agony. There are many successful aspies who are helped and supported by loving NT family and friends. In my experience aspies tend to understand and tolerate each other well, but they aren't great with getting bigger things accomplished, since most of them don't organize, lead or follow well. We need NT people as our support structures.

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02 Apr 2012, 6:40 pm

Mithos wrote:

Bandini wrote:

RexWright62985 wrote:

We should form an "ASPIE BROTHERHOOD" or something. We all have something in common and I am sure we do not fit in well with the typical American conformist society. We need to stick together, share our experiences with eachother and help fellow Aspies out in different areas(One Aspie may be good in this, the other is good at that). Learn from eachother! Before it is too late.

The most highly systemized, dysfunctional, antisocial awareness unity group ever to almost be assembled!

LOL, your comment has made my day, I would like to personally extend my gratitude for such an amazing feat.

Thanks, Mithos!

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02 Apr 2012, 8:33 pm

Wall people .

wallingly wall talking about their walls and and their wall related matters , to do what to go a down a lane way to nothingness a dead end perhaps?

Face it we where not meant to have friends accept it and move on

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02 Apr 2012, 8:52 pm

I think that's called "trying to herd cats".

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02 Apr 2012, 9:06 pm

ValentineWiggin wrote:

I think that's called "trying to herd cats".

ditto, I don't buy for one moment these "meet ups"

Sounds like a Hollywood fantasy.

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02 Apr 2012, 9:26 pm

We could form some sort of super sexy Autism Club, like The Brotherhood of Autisics (Get it? Brotherhood of Assassins? Har har har.) or the Super Awesome Autism Squad.

Blah, I'm lame. XD

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03 Apr 2012, 9:36 am

Autistic Creed
1 Honour others
2 Share skills with others
3 Be friends with others
4 Help others
5 Honour Autism and her brothers
6 Work together
7 Function to the best of our abilties
8 Share interests with others
9 Be social with others

Hope you liked my Creed and that our Brotherhood will last forever.

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03 Apr 2012, 9:37 am

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03 Apr 2012, 9:37 am

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03 Apr 2012, 12:59 pm

I'm not a 'team player' and never have been.

The issue for me is not sticking together with other Aspies, it is sticking together with ANYONE.

Social media allows me to connect with a wide range of people, on and off the Autism/Neurodiversity spectrums and it works well for me.

Outside of social media and the necessary contact required with my business, I am pretty much a Loner outside of my family.

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