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I don't wanna cause a shitstorm here, but I'll throw in my two cents. I, personally, have worked with people all across the spectrum (I worked for two years in a school for indiviudals with autism) so I promise I won't talk shit in this topic. Some of my good friends have autism, actually

Sorry, Rystar but you did say it in kind of a jerkass way - what Rystar meant, though is that frequently on Internet forums many people will post...often embarassing things, then attempt to backpedal, and then say something along the lines of "Oh, I'm so sorry I completely misinterpreted it - I'm autistic! WHOOPS! Please forgive me!"
As a result, some people's opinions on talking with individuals with autism are somewhat jaded, especially because it's not immediately apparent within one's community and even less apparent with words on the Internet.

It's a really tough topic to tackle - My friends with autism are generally cool as heck. They acknowledge they have autism, but they don't let it "run their life", so to speak. Rather, they accept it and while it makes some things they do somewhat difficult - they acknowledge this and use it as a learning experience.
The downer is that for some people, a few bad apples are what ruin the bunch. :/
There are some people on the Internet (not here, necessarily; elsewhere) who instead use autism as a "crutch", who blame their mistakes and shortcomings on their ASD and expect others' sympathy (because somtimes that works IRL). When mentioning this, especially in an introductory post, some people mistaken this as a metaphorical tooting of one's horn and looking for others' sympathy.


Yyyyyyeaaaah. Anyway - welcome to the forums, and I hope you enjoy your stay! Can't wait to see this ~~SeCrEt PrOjEcT~~