10 dumb things people say to Aspies (1 of 3)

While you're thinking of it, please share this video on Facebook :-)Be sure to smash the THUMBS UP button!!Subscribe and CLICK THE BELL to receive upload remindersMore on Asperger's Syndrome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL8Uw3anjLo&list=PLyMzTz301QVx4DyktIi5OBPlP8c03LfF-More on Narcissism:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CadnytkqDKk&list=PLyMzTz301QVxr0yvW47ev6l8m1jPKagbO1. You don't look autisticResponse: Yes, I look autistic. I must because I am. It's akin to telling a billionaire, "You don't look like a billionaire."It's akin to telling an American, "You don't look like an American."2. We're all a little autisticResponse: What they really mean is, "Everyone has some autistic traits to some degree." While true, Autism Spectrum Disorder is based on seven characteristics, including,• Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity• Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction• Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships• Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements• Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns• Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus (special interests)• Hyper- or hyporeactivity to sensory input3. Have you always had Asperger's?Response: Yes. Autism is not acquired, but is inherent, according to all that I've read and seen.