Can anyone else spot out someone with Autism?

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@ Goldfish: I don't think my friend would have understood LGBT behavior either.

When me and my dad were exploring a lake in the area we moved to, it turned out it had a day camp for kids with developmental disorders, mainly autism. I knew right away those kids were autistic like the kids I go to school with. I immediately felt like I fit in with them.

Most the people I know with autism it makes sense after knowing they are autistic, but I wouldn't have singled them out as autistic.

Yeah I can too its pretty cool like we can find our own kind.

@ Stormtrooper: My mother takes overt pride in her homophobia, which is why I march in the Gay Pride Parade every June just to tick her off.

@ Everyone: As for other people who may have Autism, there is a regular library patron who gets on everyone else's nerves, including mine. He talks loud, gets in everyone's faces, and doesn't pay attention to other patrons/library staff who tell him to shut up. Even though he is no older than I am, said patron thinks that whenever people tell him to shut up, he thinks they're telling him a joke. I do feel sorry for this library patron, but I have no idea how to communicate with him.

All of my exes are on the spectrum.
I can tell if someone is autistic, well, have strong suspicions though obviously, I do not go around asking people.
There have recently been 3 people who do not even really know me who identified me as on the spectrum, along with girls who knew me at school, who suspected it in me before I did.

I don't think I can tell. I know when someone looks different or sound different. I can tell when someone has poor communication skills or have sensory issues, but that can mean all sorts of things. In fact, it takes me quite some time to be sure someone is normal. As normal is alien to me, I have to check the "normal rules" to make sure they fit and reminding myself "yes, that's what normal people are supposed to do."

I wouldn't ever assume I was correct, as I'm not a diagnostician (and even they must make a lot of mistakes, given the subjective nature of the diagnostic procedure). But I know quite a few people who I think have some autism. Generally speaking, if I get on well with them, they're likely to be Aspies.

There was another kid in my class, who I suspected of being autistic too. He was socially inept, and could not pick up social cues - just like me. The only difference was that he was able to maintain a friendship circle. It turned out, my guess was correct. However, it is not easy to just spot someone with autism because it effects every individual differently, there is no way of "looking" autistic, there are some instances where I have found out that the most seemingly allistic of individuals are actually, indeed autistic.

I agree with Fnord. Some people have very obvious symptoms, others don't. In the by-and-large those who are diagnosed and are likely to tell you that they are are more likely to be in the "obvious symptoms" category. For those who aren't diagnosed, or who are and never tell you, you're just guessing.

For everyone who I've known IRL who has later told me that they have AS, it has been pretty obvious.

I think I can....? I might know someone now who is autistic, but there's no way for me to find out. We're not very good friends, more acquaintances, so I can't just outright ask him. Plus, what if I'm wrong? Still, it would be really cool to have an autistic friend :/

I am in a major research university doing Aspie/Autistic group meetings with about 7 other students, and all of them, myself included, easily stick out of you spend more than ten minutes in the same room as they do. A couple of them can be identified as likely being Aspie/Autistic even when you first meet them. It's great that the denial surrounding non NTs is eroding since for Aspies and Autistics, no matter how much effort the put in, someone being observant will most likely be able to consistently spot them out, particularly if they are on one location with them for around 10 minutes or more.

I wish I could spot them - I'd gather them in for pleasant company!

I've met a few people who I believe are on the spectrum but they don't know that they are and I haven't talked to them about it and don't plan to.