Is it true that Autistic people can also develop narcissistic traits?

[JacquelineDeane55]

This is what my older sister told me a few days ago. I don't know if she is right, though.

I hope she is not right. I'm trying to develop Christlike character, and with me being Autistic the last thing I need is to turn into a bad person. I don't want to be bad, I want to be good!

 

[johansen]

the short answer is no:
autism and personality disorders have nothing in common with each other.

 

[JacquelineDeane55]

Oh OK, whew!

 

[Servus]

People with autism can have/develop all kinds of separate issues.

Also Autism can be mistaken for narcissism. A person with autism might always be talking about themselves and their special interests, which can be mistaken for a narcissistic trait for example.

However being autistic doesn't go hand-in-hand with narcissism. Just because someone is autistic, that doesn't mean they will develop narcissistic traits.

 

[Larniavc]

This is what my older sister told me a few days ago. I don't know if she is right, though.

I hope she is not right. I'm trying to develop Christlike character, and with me being Autistic the last thing I need is to turn into a bad person. I don't want to be bad, I want to be good!

Anyone can; irrespective of their relative neurotypicallity.

 

[It-Is-Finished]

Anyone can have narcissistic traits and there are autistic people who do have narcissistic personality disorder as well, but the two are not the same at all. I think we can come across as narcissistic at times but that doesn't mean we are "narcissists".

 

[timf]

Aspergers has a common characteristic of intense focus to the exclusion of some peripheral issues. This can make Aspergers people looking like they don't care about others.

There was a Youtube video once by an Australian guy saying that if you suggested to an Aspergers guy he was narcissistic he would consider it and conclude perhaps not. A Narcissist would not consider it.