Assignment- would love someone to answer my questions

Hey guys. I am doing an assignment and Im trying to gain an understanding of the syndrome so I can support an individual with Aspergers. If you could answer my questions that would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.


What do you find distracting when communicating with others?

What would you like those without ASD to understand?

Are you aware of the non-verbal behaviours of yourself and others?

How do you feel when someone is displaying signs of emotional distress?

While I can not claim to speak for all people with Autism I can only claim that I am high functioning ASD and that after 40 years I have learned to cope and fake my way out of the disease.

What do you find distracting when communicating with others?

This is a hard one for me. The biggest factor to mis communication with me is outside interference. My X GF likes to skype with me daily. I have two computer monitors. Because I am so rampant on internet that when I see something interesting I will delve into that topic and ignore the other party. On a date when I sued to have a smart phone and someone said something that I wanted to know more about I would use my phone and research it.

I have a problem when people say things I dont understand or disagree with. I do not understand a lot of similes/hyperbolas. There are many people I simply do not tolerate at work and walk away when they talk. I try in my personal life only to keep people I find entertaining to me in my life.

Any interference can be bad in me getting the message.

What would you like those without ASD to understand?

That I am not broke or malfunctioning. Anything is possible with patience, sometimes I have to learn things the hard way. I do not like be called weird/creepy/or disturbed.

Are you aware of the non-verbal behaviours of yourself and others?

I have learned from others what certain things are suppose to mean. I am still very bad with understanding when a female is interested in me. I work in surgery. It has made it alot easier to look into people eyes and they have to function more with words and not on facial expression because you can not see them.

How do you feel when someone is displaying signs of emotional distress?

awkward. When I see a problem I wish I could fix it. When someone has an emotional problem they are not always looking for it to be fixed. So then I have no idea what to say. I have learned some things that are meaningless to say to people but it still sounds fake or weak. "That must be very hard for you."



So just as I said earlier I do not claim to speak for anyone else but me. Not all my symptoms are classical ASD.

People with Aspergers have diverse personalities and lifestyles, I doubt that our answers would help you with this one individual.

coolcat524 wrote:What do you find distracting when communicating with others? The way they think, too much sentimentality or otherwise abstract speech (i.e. emotional)

What would you like those without ASD to understand? That I communicate differently and that anything I say or do should be taken at absolute face value.

Are you aware of the non-verbal behaviours of yourself and others? Others, yes. Myself, less so but still yes.

How do you feel when someone is displaying signs of emotional distress? Awkward, confused, annoyed.