I have an Asperger’s diagnosis. People who know me in person and know the details of autism symptoms find it entirely credible. People who wouldn’t know an autie from any other neuroatypicality are surprised when I tell them (I’m high functioning and have decent social heuristics, and in the minds of the completely uninformed, autism = retardation plus rocking and hand flapping).
I have an Asperger’s diagnosis. People who know me in person and know the details of autism symptoms find it entirely credible. People who wouldn’t know an autie from any other neuroatypicality are surprised when I tell them (I’m high functioning and have decent social heuristics, and in the minds of the completely uninformed, autism = retardation plus rocking and hand flapping).