If neither of the words “Asperger’s” or “austistic” were used in at least one comment in response to this then something would be wrong:
I often do not understand how people could not see something that seems obvious to me. And I have been told by several people that I am oblivious to how my demeanor is perceived by others and I probably have offended some people without intending or even realizing it.
There’s a large fraction of LW which is on the autism spectrum. Moreover, information about potential mental disorders is relevant if someone then goes to get diagnosed/tested. Question: Would you have the same concern if this were speculation purely about a physical illness? If so, what is the difference other than the social stigma issues?
You have very little evidence here—a couple posts, and a notion that a “large fraction of LW is on the autism spectrum”. I’ve seen some people mention this but I’m not aware of evidence of a “large fraction”. A large fraction would be like 5%, right? That would be about 10 times as many people as in the general population. Do you have evidence of even that much?
I don’t know the actual percentages. There was a poll on this very question a while ago. See here but the sampling issues make it very hard to judge how accurate it is.
I’m not sure that speculations about mental disorders are really called for based on these posts.
If neither of the words “Asperger’s” or “austistic” were used in at least one comment in response to this then something would be wrong:
There’s a large fraction of LW which is on the autism spectrum. Moreover, information about potential mental disorders is relevant if someone then goes to get diagnosed/tested. Question: Would you have the same concern if this were speculation purely about a physical illness? If so, what is the difference other than the social stigma issues?
You have very little evidence here—a couple posts, and a notion that a “large fraction of LW is on the autism spectrum”. I’ve seen some people mention this but I’m not aware of evidence of a “large fraction”. A large fraction would be like 5%, right? That would be about 10 times as many people as in the general population. Do you have evidence of even that much?
I don’t know the actual percentages. There was a poll on this very question a while ago. See here but the sampling issues make it very hard to judge how accurate it is.