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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 8555729" data-attributes="member: 7024481">Aspergers is not as easily diagnosable as some think.  The symptoms can be mild to severe and some people with asperger's have had a lot of work on thier social skills and some haven't.   Asperger's is going to manifest as a desire to have a set of rules for every situation.  One it's the way their minds work, two it is a great coping strategy for living in a world where you don't pick up on emotional and social ques.  It's like the emotional part of the brain is turned way down and only picks up on the over the top, in your face emotional and social ques.  When someone with Asperger's finds a set of rules that they think works, those rules become a law in their mind.  They may laugh when the group does even if they don't get it, (usually a fake creepy laugh because it's not funny to them, but they want to fit in), they'll find things amusing, and even say things that may disturb people and be clueless that they've disturbed them.  They don't read social ques well so unless you tell them they've gone too far with something or misread it they'll continue down that path without a clue.  Think of Aspergers as the extreme version of that Engineer or IT guy you know but without any ability to read subdued emotional reactions.    When the girlfriends eyes narrow and she leans back they'll just keep digging whatever hole they've been working and will be completely blindsided by the eventual reaction. Now all that being said people with Aspergers find comfort in the routine.  Give them a job they enjoy and they will do it the exact same way every single time, in fact you'll probably have to argue with them if something needs to change to meet a goal.   I'd think in a D&D setting people with Aspergers would be great at any task that requires detail and order, because they will learn everything in order and do it the "correct" way every time.     Heaven help the party that wants them to break the rules though.  An Aspy paladin, or inquisitor could be that party member that never lets the party break the rules.   Absent minded isn't Asperger's.  Sheldon cooper is a great intellectual version of Aspergers, The Accountant with Ben Affleck is a great view of a rogue/martial person with Aspergers. Abby from NCIS could be an example of someone with Aspergers who has worked hard to develop better social skills.</blockquote>

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