Why do people seem to hate people who have Asperger's?

I do not have this condition, but I know people who did back in high school, and they were absolutely tormented by the other students, even if their way of acting was really no different than anybody else. It seems like no matter what these kids did, if they were shy or outgoing, upbeat or not, they were always absolutely hated by just about everyone else. What are your thoughts?

There was this kid is Aspergers at my high school and he was one of the worst human beings I have ever met. He was a pathological liar saying sh*t like he plays guitar with slash and had this super hot girlfriend in Seattle. He was also constantly racist and made fun of Jews, Hispanics, and blacks. The kid was just horrible.

I swear I bumped into someone with that today. I was just walking with my headphones on and he stopped me in from of a dorm and said something like, "Do you - comp lab.... where... comp... lab - comp...lab...".

I just sort of blew him off, lol now I feel guilty.

There was this kid is Aspergers at my high school and he was one of the worst human beings I have ever met. He was a pathological liar saying sh*t like he plays guitar with slash and had this super hot girlfriend in Seattle. He was also constantly racist and made fun of Jews, Hispanics, and blacks. The kid was just horrible.

MacBoomStick

Dickheads gonna be dickheads?

InEMplease

but why do people hate on anyone?LJS9502_basic

I think it's because people tend to think they're just child who lack discipline, and are ignorant on the symptoms of autism.

Though to be fair I do think Autism, and autistic type diseases are over diagnosed simply because parents want something to label the way their child is acting.

goddamn aspies

I do not have this condition, but I know people who did back in high school, and they were absolutely tormented by the other students, even if their way of acting was really no different than anybody else. It seems like no matter what these kids did, if they were shy or outgoing, upbeat or not, they were always absolutely hated by just about everyone else. What are your thoughts?

the_plan_man

The question is, why didn't you help them out?

I think it's because people tend to think they're just child who lack discipline, and are ignorant on the symptoms of autism.

Though to be fair I do think Autism, and autistic type diseases are over diagnosed simply because parents want something to label the way their child is acting.

Fightingfan

I'm on the spectrum and I was bullied a lot when I was younger. Young males with AS almost aways get bullied because at that age people view you as weird rather than eccentric. Bullies tend to target people who appear to them as slightly off. Often I can pass as a nuerotypical. But have to make a lot of calculations every time I talk to people face to face. I cannot make direct eye contact and fully process all the speech at the same time. Direct eye contact clouds out my auditory input due to the intense visual and emotional stimulation. I am very single channeled. So I look at the nose, but I also need to know when to stop so I don't get precived as aggressive. I also need to figure out how to posture and position myself correctly. Basically social norms suck, and they seem to be all that adolescents care about.RushKing

2 of my brothers has Asperger's. There was one group of kids who were mean to one a couple of times, but that's just because they were jerks.

At first I didn't think they were really that different, but growing up with them dilludes me some I guess. I can see now that they are both pretty awful at social interactions, although they both have a few close friends.

I have aspergers. I guess people dislike us sometimes because we can appear to be rude or childish.Luckily I'm able to recgonize when I'm about to say something totally messed up and stop myself.

It's also really hard to fit in because we don't have the social skills to mix with certain groups. Even on online forums like this, I'm the quiet one because I don't seem to fit in too well with any of the groups of people.

[QUOTE="RushKing"]I'm on the spectrum and I was bullied a lot when I was younger. Young males with AS almost aways get bullied because at that age people view you as weird rather than eccentric. Bullies tend to target people who appear to them as slightly off. Often I can pass as a nuerotypical. But have to make a lot of calculations every time I talk to people face to face. I cannot make direct eye contact and fully process all the speech at the same time. Direct eye contact clouds out my auditory input due to the intense visual and emotional stimulation. I am very single channeled. So I look at the nose, but I also need to know when to stop so I don't get precived as aggressive. I also need to figure out how to posture and position myself correctly. Basically social norms suck, and they seem to be all that adolescents care about.cain006

I do not have this condition, but I know people who did back in high school, and they were absolutely tormented by the other students, even if their way of acting was really no different than anybody else.It seems like no matter what these kids did, if they were shy or outgoing,upbeat or not, they were always absolutely hated by just about everyone else. What are your thoughts?

the_plan_man

So you're saying there were these kids, who said(or it was assumed) they have aspergers.
However they acted "no different than anyone else", and it happened regardless of how shy/outgoing they were.

How do you know these kids had aspergers, and why do you assume that was the reason why?

This seems pretty obvious to me: many people hate on people that they percieve as "different".

Hmm, well I know one person who has it

people are soulless nowadays

They don't hate just people who have Asperger. People tend to be very cliquish and hate those who are different than them or those who don't belong to their group and historically this has also been the case.

Also people have historically and today hated immigrants. So people really hate a lot of things.

People like and feel most comfortable around others most like them while tending to reject those who look foreign to them. It is a basic acquired ancient human evolutionary survival trait. This is human nature.

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]

I think it's because people tend to think they're just child who lack discipline, and are ignorant on the symptoms of autism.

Though to be fair I do think Autism, and autistic type diseases are over diagnosed simply because parents want something to label the way their child is acting.

RushKing

Bad word choice, but since biological and neurological manifestations of Autism are present in the brain, such as an underdeveloped frontal lobe, it would classify as a neurological disorder, rather than a pathological disease.

Though by superfical definitions it's a disease.

people are soulless nowadays

CKYguy25

Because society is sh*t nowadays. I usually try and befriend people who have things like that.

Because many people, whether they legitimately have it or not, use it as an excuse to act like a dick.

Because society is sh*t nowadays. I usually try and befriend people who have things like that.

kingkong0124

I havent seen any people with ASpergers that are specifically targeted because they have Aspergers. They may have odd behavior and perhaps that it was draws the ire of their fellow students. People seem to pick on things that are different from what they are accustomed to.

[QUOTE="kingkong0124"]

Because society is sh*t nowadays. I usually try and befriend people who have things like that.

KiIIyou

I'm on the spectrumRushKing

That explains quite a bit.

Because they're different, it's that simple. Being different makes you stand out and makes you more open to "hating".