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I agree, it would be nice if people wouldn't fear-monger about such things.

I believe the site needs to strike a balance between letting people discuss their fears (even if those fears are invalid) and not being overwhelmed with baseless fearmongering because when catastrophization is such a common trait, one person's paranoid fantasy can quickly spread and become many people's paranoid fantasy, with each person contributing to spreading it further.

I agree with MaxE that we should be careful about adding new rules, especially since everyone who engages in that fearmongering likely believes their fears are valid, even if they're not really.

It's okay if people are looking for reassurance or whatever. But to actually sound so sure it's going to happen and sound so dogmatic about it or nonchalantly shrug it off by saying "even if it does happen there's nothing you could do about it", is a bit too distressing for autistic people to come onto a support forum and read. I've been to that place in Poland (can never spell it), to pay my respects, and it shocked me to the core. It is truly disturbing and not something to be taken lightly or used as a way to emphasise how far one believes Trump will go and frighten people into thinking they're going to be next. The tour guide explicitly noted that the place is here as a museum to spread awareness to make sure it never happens again.

I don't call you anything. But you don't have to worry about sharing a spectrum with Mozart or other historical figures, because unlike you they didn't have a diagnosis. Let's stick to the facts: you call Mozart a weirdo, I'm just asking a question.

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No it's just the way they always historically diagnose historical figures with ''freakish'' traits as autistic. Anyway, many of Mozart's weird behaviours are family lore, so it isn't right for historians to slap on labels like they do. Perhaps they should focus on historical figures with more quiet, sensitive, empathetic traits, just to show the public that autism doesn't mean flamboyant, freakish, childish ways.

My wife thought I was autistic, as well as an acquaintance who worked as a doctor for the Whiting Forensic Institute, otherwise known as the mental health home for the criminally incarcerated.

Turns out that while I certainly have signs of autism, the correct diagnosis would be transgender, as my social skills are much better when presenting as female! I have the voice, body, and mannerisms that are more appropriate to those of the female gender, which undoubtedly makes me awkward attempting to present as my birth gender.

I've been playing golf for five years, which has given me numerous opportunities for one on one social interaction over time periods of two to five hours.