[Chris Britton]

Originally Posted by Rat Souffle

I know a couple of people with autism, to be honest, to me it's just a word, just a blanket statement on which ways people behave are attributed to. Sure, bear it in mind if someone says they have autism, but at least from my experience, having autism doesn't really contribute on the whole that much to what a person is. It's such a flexible and hard-to-define condition that it really is no help to assume anything about the way anyone with autism is.

Words I do agree with, due to the wide variety of stereotypes about. I never put all my issues down to Autism as that makes it an excuse. However due to the amount of misunderstand and mistreatment given to me in my lifetime the person I am is quite an unhappy and withdrawn sort. Owing to the way people are in this world. I find it hard to place my trust in others. Thats why i don't say much or really contribute much at all. Because i'm too afraid to really open up because usually someone is going to say something to put me down.