Isn't there varying degrees of autism?
So rather than be blind or deaf, can I just have mild autism...y'know, a lack of empathy with my fellow human beings and a tendancy to seek my own company.

Oh wait, that's just me.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:39, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Yes, they call it the Autistic Spectrum.
If you're "autistic" then you're on the high end of the spectrum.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:44, Reply)

Yep.
You can be extremely high functioning (capable of interraction, highly intelligent but with little comprehension of other people's emotions, etc) extremely low functioning (no speech, unable to look after yourself at all and so on) or with varying degrees in between. And then there's QOTW.

There's a new series called Young, Autistic and Stagestruck which shows a real mix of people on the spectrum.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:49, Reply)

Young, Autistic and Stagestruck /talk
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:59, Reply)

Was Colonel Grey autistic then?
He was high up in Spectrum.

*Awaits spang*
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:51, Reply)

Sorry I'm under 30.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:51, Reply)

Ha!

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:52, Reply)

Mug.
Eh? was the correct response.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:53, Reply)

Eh? Wouldn't have been nearly cutting enough.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:54, Reply)

Yes but by replying as you did you implied you understood the reference.
Fail!
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 14 Apr 2010, 14:58, Reply)

You've a point there, Porkles old bean.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 15:04, Reply)

Pork and beans, pork and beans!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 15:06, Reply)

That's quite enough, 'Rain Man'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 14 Apr 2010, 15:07, Reply)