In another sense, we understand that a certain proportion of parents and doctors and legislators are themselves autistic. Thinking that being autistic must remain a 'dirty little secret', frantically disguised at any cost, is a symptom of the way we look at Autistic Spectrum Conditions at this point in history. What we have not managed yet is the usual obstacle in stigma . The issues will remain issues, to be defined and refined. In five years of trying to understand what is 'missing' from the autism community, I've found, at last, that the notion of ultimate complexity or ultimate understanding is not the issue.
Moral estrangement is the issue.
In a sense I felt kinda 'bulletproof' within a gaggle of five Auties. A remarkable experience. Why, to MY friends I'm quite normal, thank you. Now get outta the way and let us grin.