The thinking process for aspergers is completely different than the process for typical minds. It’s not wrong, it’s just different. They tend to (according to neurotypical views) over think everything, which is highly annoying to neurotypicals, yet to the aspie, their thinking process is normal and they view neurotypical thought processes as weird and shallow, as in “you haven’t thought through this thoroughly”.
As children, aspie behaviors are characterized by a large vocabulary, compared to their peers and tend to communicate with adults much more easily than with their peers, where they feel socially awkward and misunderstood. The intelligence of aspies tends to be higher than average, however they struggle with social situations and often lack the ability to pick up on normal social clues and hints, often reacting with unexpected responses. They are not usually violent by nature. But to them, their insightful respondes seem quite logical and appropriate. Because of this, neurotypical minds view aspies as weird...because they are not typical thought processes.
There I go again, over thinking, even here. My friends OFTEN laughingly say; “there goes the brain again!”. They know and get somewhat annoyed, but they simply don’t understand atypical minds. I usually leave it at “well, my mind just works differently than yours does”, which is never any consolation to the neurotypical. It is perceived as an arrogant response, suggesting that the aspie claiming to be more intelligent, which is an incorrect assumption.
...don’t ask me how I know.
THIS is the person I knew. Described to a T. He had a very serious high paying job. Dangerous even.
He was generous and kind. He had quirks like he always had to have the latest iPhone. Not just one though. He would buy three. LOL He did that with everything.
Socially, people could think him a very odd kind of guy because he was different.
It was difficult finding what the problem was as her parents were already doing what is advised parents with a Asperger child. Plus she had two sisters she would copy to ‘fit in’. Additionally she knew something wasn't quite ‘normal’ about herself so she developed coping ways to hide what she wasn't able to do....
.....Example: Tying shoe laces was a issue for her so she tucked her shoe laces simply telling others she preferred that ‘style’ thus making it appear it was a preference rather than a problem.
It wasn't until she was pre-teen her parents no longer were satisfied with the schools idea that she was a ‘late bloomer’ or simply needed coaching for speech. They had her assessed by professionals. Then everything made sense that was questionable prior.
Today she's a young lady working and has her own apartment - though driving has escaped her as she is fearful of that. (Her sister had two accidents neither was she to blame which likely is the reason she is so hesitant to even try.)