Do you have other evidence for this besides what Darkhawk wrote in this entry?
(I ask because I'm seeing "autistic" used more and more often as shorthand for "social interaction fail", and it bothers me, not least because I have an autistic nephew. On the other hand, if you know for sure the person being discussed is autistic, that's quite another thing.)
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:09 am (UTC)(I ask because I'm seeing "autistic" used more and more often as shorthand for "social interaction fail", and it bothers me, not least because I have an autistic nephew. On the other hand, if you know for sure the person being discussed is autistic, that's quite another thing.)