Whenever I tell people I recently met I have autism they all look at me either "no way" or "you have to be kidding me!".
Anyone has such experiences? >_<
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Whenever I tell people I recently met I have autism they all look at me either "no way" or "you have to be kidding me!".
Anyone has such experiences? >_<
When I had semi-long hair there were lots of people that thought I was a girl, especially when I dyed my hair purple, but you can't really compare it with this.
There are some other things, but yeah...
EDIT:
A friend of me has PDD NOS and I actually didn't know it for years. When I found out I didn't really care, but there are many friends that reacted otherwise.
When i tell people i am 16, no one beleives me; I've been told i can pass off as 22. I did get into a bar but it was a real redneck bar and my brother was in there.
(But i guess i am pretty much 17 now, 3 days.)
not makin this shit up...had a girl walk into a pole staring at me. when girls meet me for the first time they usually have a "damn!" expression....girls round here find me attractive...not bragging, find it rather annoying actually.
but thats bout all i can remember right now.
Hobo's (for some reason) think i'll be that one who gives them money, so I get asked all the time (never have any).
People usually don't believe that my eyelashes are real... It's annoying, 'cause I don't even think it's something WORTH having a reaction over..it's just eyelashes.
People always think that I have colored contacts cause my eyes are a really bright blue.
They usually don't believe me until I actually move the contact around in my eye...
Yea... people stereotype autists as those that are mentally retarted and stuff.
I actually know a couple of other autists, with one being my friend self (I was like "no way" myself tbh. :/) and they are no way near the level of "stereotyped" ******ism.
Some may be slower then the rest and some may excel the average human at that age, but they still can function normally in the normal world, hence the reaction I wrote in the OP.
When I told my girlfriend I had Bipolar Disorder, she wanted to kill me for not telling her before. =/
Well. Most people are sure I'm way younger than I am. Its gets kind of old after the first year or so. xD
When I first started college, people thought I was someone's daughter just visiting for a minute. ._.
its a gift in disguise. don't worry, when these people are all 40 and old looking you'll look like your still in your 20's and it'll be awesome. I have the same issue.
When people first meet me they think i'm loud and obnoxious.. because i am. then they realize i'm mean and hilarious.
People never believe me when I tell them my ethnicity, and I can usually fake some other ones. (I'm half tamil, half guyanese)
I get away with faking filipino, lolol.
As someone of widely mixed decent, I constantly have people scrutinizing my face and trying to figure out where I'm from. I actually think it's pretty funny. If they ever do manage to guess something right, the answer, "keep going," always throws them off.
When I tell people I'm Bipolar they think I'm crazy and it makes me sad so I yell at them.
I am crazy! And people don't understand.
Wait....I don't feel like I contributed.
A lot of people are scared or intimidated by me, even though I would never hurt anyone on purpose. It's gets really old, really quick...
people were looking at me on the streets two days in a row
it must of been the make up
People always are surprised when they speak to me; They are suprised at how polite I am. They are even more surprised when they ask me if I'm interested in basketball and I say no; Apparently because I'm 6"6' I should be.
Basically, people have strange reactions when they speak to me becase I don't fit the stereotypes they believe in. Not that I care either way.
why do you think that people have strange assumptions?
did anyone tell "dude i have strange assumption about you?"
or is it just your fantasy?
you are assuming that that they are assuming strange assumption about you lol