Dealing With Autistic People

Being an otaku and nerd in general, I often have befriended or come across people with what was formerly known as Aspergers (now Autism spectrum). Some of these people are genuinely kind, but goofy as all hell. Most I've come across are unreliable when it comes to time and planning and derpy (air headed). However, just ended the friendship with one who was downright arrogant, mean, nasty, and emo. He held some radical beliefs against women and society. Many of our peers believe him to be the kind that would shoot up a school. So, I have mixed feelings about them.

I have met someone with that, is basically the bases of what you said. (Horrible with time and plans, air-headed) He's very kind, and very considerate. Sure I could "deal" with him, but sometimes you kind of wanna stop fake smiling for a while, because they can be a bit too annoying. I mean he doesn't just have aspergers, but ocd and a bunch of other things, like a mental cocktail of mindfuck, so you can see how annoying it can be. I don't hate him, it's just sometimes hard to stop the conversation he can ramble on about. He is a bit of a gaming nerd, but I wouldn't say Otaku compared to me, although I've never mentioned anything such as anime, so I don't know what else he takes interest in, all I know is that he does know a bit about games and such, which places into another wall: He normally just plays G or PG games, which I have no problem, but I prefer M games like Battlefield 3/4, or an Eroge game or two. He also doesn't do well with the online gaming part, which I would say I don't like much either, but his is an entirely different mental problem I think. Anyhow, all in all, they can be really good people, but it's kind of like tending to a nursing home patient: Only for the devoted and masochistic, since it sometimes feels like torture. (A little bit) @darkhorse, not everyone is the same, but sometimes there might be a few that misuse their mental diseases as an excuse to abuse. (No riming pun intended) But I can say, it sure is a pain to establish a friendship with them, so just simply saying "Ohayo" to them once in a while is all you wanna keep it at, unless you are willing to put in the big effort of their X's, Y's and Z's... But, "don't let one bad apple spoil the whole basket, reject the ill-intended, and don't abandon the pure-hearted." But, that's up to your choice. For me, I don't really eat apples so...

The way I think of it. "If they don't talk to you, don't talk to them." Avoid the conversation. Problem solved.

It all depends on the Autistic. It is noted that the male Autistic tend to be a bit... stupid. I met quite a few, got stalked by one. Now some are okay, and some aren't it all depends on who is who. A person is a person no matter what they are. If you are going to freak out about Autistic people, you should first check out the females. There are fewer in number than the men, but they tend to have a greater reputation. I have known a few of them too. I have 3 Autistic female friends. I use to have more but, one was a complete jerk and apparently thought we were dating and broke up with me. Which I really want to know when I started to date her to begin with because I never agreed to it. I won't pretend that Autistic people don't have issues, but what person doesn't. We are all human, what is consider a disorder may be order for another.

I'm beginning to think people with neurological disorders and psychological disorders are treated less than "real people" and are feared and hated for what they are.

Those that you need to fear, are the "Normal" ones. Most psychological cases that are harmful or dangerous usually aren't spotted right away, at least knowing someone has a mental disorder or diseases gives you something, but cases of those that haven't been classified can be a lot more radical and unstable. I could even consider myself "Psychotic", but I have control over that. I guess that's why I can be a bit(Or seem) off, especially with this... http://i.imgur.com/dyIIlgl.jpg Or this... http://i.imgur.com/Kcc0sXK.jpg But everyone has some type of fetish, or disease, or mental illness, or limitation, or perfectionism, or whatever it is. But as creation-chan said(And I sooo want a quote system...): "We are all human"

I've had interactions before with people who claimed to be on the high functioning end of the spectrum but found them to be severely immature and flippant. The worst one was a guy who refused to be wrong and was intolerable of other people's opinions. Very high strung. If you disagreed with him he went straight to insults. They all had that in common but he was by far the worst and one of only two people I told to never speak to me again. I'm sure there are people who have it less severe but my bad experiences outweigh the good. It's sad.