What challenges do people with Aspergers face?

People with Asperger’s Syndrome often have issues with sensory stimulation, in that their senses, sight, sound, touch, taste and smell, may be over-sensitive, or not sensitive enough.

Do people with Aspergers think logically?

Though even highly intelligent people with autism or Asperger syndrome are clearly challenged in their ability to understand other people’s beliefs, desires and intentions, they often use their well-developed powers of logic to figure out the correct answer in laboratory tests.

What do people with Asperger’s syndrome think?

People with Asperger’s tend to say what they are thinking without the social filter “neurotypical” people employ. They might comment on somebody’s race, beer gut, or disability without any awareness that such a comment could be negatively received.

Why do people with Asperger’s Act so strange and insensitive?

Because they cannot read social or emotional cues well, they come off as insensitive, pushy, or strange, yet have very little insight into how they are perceived. One group of clinician-researchers commented:

Do people with Asperger’s syndrome lack empathy?

Asperger’s Syndrome: Problems Interpreting the Social and Emotional World. Emotion is another realm that befuddles people with Asperger’s. It is often said that they lack empathy. If, by empathy, you mean a deep understanding of other people’s specific emotional states and how to respond appropriately, this is true.

Are people with Asperger’s more self centered than selfish?

They are more “self-centered than selfish,”4 with an attitude towards others that may range from indifference to deep concern, but is rarely malicious. Because people with Asperger’s are intelligent but “lack empathy,” fears have sometimes been raised that they may be sociopathic. This is absolutely not the case.