Fnord wrote:
But if you disagree, then put it to the test. The next time a stranger shows up on your aut-dar, walk straight up to that person, make eye-contact, and ask that person, “Are you autistic?”
And what if they're autistic and don't know it? So many people are undiagnosed.
Anyway, my experience volunteering with disabled children has shown that my autdar is pretty accurate. Most of the kids I suspected were autistic had been diagnosed autistic, and the kids that didn't seem autistic to me usually had other diagnoses. Only one I got wrong was dual-diagnosed autistic and Down Syndrome - I pegged the Down Syndrome but not the autism.