Loud Aspies

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Describe what a loud aspie is like. Are they all that much different from a quiet aspie? Discuss, cause I really don't know and I'm curious.

Dammit, there's already a thread. Oh well.

Not all Aspies are necessarily quiet, just the same as not all NTs are necessarily loud.

I did actually work with another Aspie, and she was about 50 but she was more chatty than me. She liked being on the till and interacting with the customers, and she was good at making conversations because she was the chatty type. But you could still tell she was socially awkward, and none of the other workers there liked her. But she didn't seem to know that, although I did. I knew I was more included than she was. I was quiet but I could hide my traits a bit better. Being a quiet Aspie can sometimes go to your advantage, well it does me, because I can give myself more time to think before I say and do things, and I know the rule ''if you can't think of anything nice to say, don't say anything at all'', not that I think of nasty things to say but I mean if something I say is going to be inappropriate, I don't say anything at all. Sometimes I do slip out some odd things I shouldn't have, but that can sometimes be based on emotion, for example if I feel highly irritated about a child screaming I might mutter, ''shut up!'' or ''ouch!!'' loud enough for others to hear so they can know that I'm frustrated - although it's not really very appropriate. I regret it afterwards. But this Aspie who I worked with would say anything what comes to her head, and would offend people without meaning to or knowing she is, and she does a lot of things at the wrong times, and misses a lot of cues. She just finds it really hard to get along with other people, and can't relate to people. Even I sometimes find it hard to relate to her. A lot of people accuse her of being a ''trouble-maker'', but I know she is not a trouble-maker. But they just don't understand about ASDs.

So that is one Aspie who I have met who is more extroverted. She is loud, but doesn't have any friends. I am quiet but I actually have more friends than she does. Probably because I have learnt to keep my negative opinions to myself and through being quiet have picked up on body language and other non-verbal cues, so I tend to get on better socially (except I alienate myself in social situations).

They move around a lot like if they do any loud stims and if their pacing makes it sound like there are elephants above the person below them. They talk loud too and when they get excited, they get hyper and shriek and yell in excitement. I imagine that is what a loud aspie be like.