Asperger's Syndrome and social awkwardness: Separating the m

A brief overview of the chain of events that causes social awkwardness in so many Aspies and a method of overcoming it.

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People & Blogs

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• Asperger's
• Autism
• Social
• aocically
• Awkward
• Awkwardness

[mythril4]

@Sean021122

you simply misunderstand what he is trying to say, he is simply explaining how he has difficulty expressing thoughts verbally. Perhaps if he did this in writing the outcome would simply be... different. Making these types of videos can help one to train them selves how to verbally communicate more coherently. The noise is feedback in the sound card through the mic, likely over boosted, oh well... I teach people how to use their gifts just as he as.

[Sean021122]

Right I have AS and the background noise is horrible. Also, this guy is incoherent and I can't get what his point is to anything. I also found a good deal of misconceptions he has about what he is supposed to have or to our disabiolities. He seems like he should just turn the camera off (and the noise)...

[Olivares1207]

I have aspergers and that noise gave me a meltdown :D

[ICEESAreFuckinGood]

your accent is a little weird but its awesome too lol.

[SqueakyIri]

Wow, I really enjoyed this video. It's very enlightening and definitely has given me some clues as to how I can relate, as a neurotypical person, to my Aspie boyfriend. We've been dealing with the social awkwardness thing for a while and could never figure out how to make things more comfortable for everybody. I'd like to pose a question, though. Would someone with AS be better served, when discussing social situations and appropriate responses, by procedural, matter-of-fact explanations?

[xshanghu]

I found this very interesting. I have found the direct method to be very helpful in Real Estate and social relationships. In place of beating around the bush, it is often helpful to talk directly and speak clearly what you want.

[goundreykruse]

This is a great video and very wise - one problem I have encountered is resistance from people without autism to be honest - they seem to find it so hard to tell you to your face what you have done wrong. I have a family member who won't talk to me anymore and I have NO IDEA what I have done to upset her, none at all. Crazy way to go about things.

[alriosjr]

I have a friend like this and you have opened my eyes as to how I can communicate better with him. I had no idea why some of his responses which seemed, matter of fact and cold at times, may have to do with not with not connecting socially. You're quite right that so much is implied with neuro-typicals but the truth is that we don't always get the implications ourselves.

[SuLLyZorZ]

@Essanach people without Aspergers experience missing each other communicating due to what you said also. Some people do not express their thoughts clearly, and unless you know them you can sometimes misinterpret what they mean. Many comedys play their humour off people miscommunicating, such as "monty python", or "faulty towers" by john cleese, maybe watching them would be helpful :O

[31correlli]

Great Video