Do you have (or know someone who has) Autism?

[LimboOfTheDink]

know them personally, not just know of them.

Yes

No

[Kaneki05]

Honestly the term has become so dumb recently. What I mean is one person these days gets called autistic just because they find religion dumb, just because they have rational mind than a emotional one. Just because they cannot tie there shoes.
I think a lot of people get called it and even diagnosed with it for no reason. You can show traits of autism without actually been autistic but I feel like everyone looks past that and just calls it autism.

Anyway off that rant yes I've met people with actual autism and it's very clear.
Which only makes me feel more annoyed at calling someone autistic when in reality they are not, there just simply different.
That all comes back to myself because apparently I have it but I disagree. Been introverted and lazy does not make one autistic lol.
They made me take a test showing pictures of people's mouths or something to try determine whether I can figure out emotions, but I doubt anyone could answer them correctly bad black and white photos of people's mouths don't really work. And when it comes to my friend and just anyone I know and meet in person I can easily tell there emotions so it was really just a bad picture thing.
And that made me laugh at how they diagnose people with autism because if that's just one of the tests that clear wouldn't ever prove anything makes you think what the rest are.

[Pudsmucker]

I have a nephew that is on the far end of the spectrum. He does not speak, he constantly rocks. And he he really gets upset when his routine is messed up.

[SnakeBoop]

quite a few. i''ll be attending my third concert with one :)

[Anonymous]

My sister has it, it’s much more rare in girls than boys.

[Snsl153]

Yes, I do, and the condition isn't like most people who are unfamiliar with it imagine it to be.

[Andres77]

I've known kids with autism my whole life. Asperger's myself.

[Prettygurl12]

My cousin's son is autistic.

[lofii]

Liberals tend to be autistic

[Snsl153]

No, that's not the case at all.

[Anonymous]

Umm noYou?

[LimboOfTheDink]

I know a couple who have it.