[Maru]

It still doesn't change the fact that we should treat people the way we want to be treated. It's OK if Ali's perceptions are a bit screwy in some sense, but she's purported to be a psychologist, so she's not just "being typically Autistic", she's also working her way around the house offering up her analysis of different people and ostensibly using those perceptions to maneuver her way through House conflicts. She is actively choosing to use the "ego" she has carefully crafted around her Psychology background to justify her actions within the house. Anyone else would be called out for those tendencies as being a sh..stirrer. That decision has nothing to do with being Autistic.

Lily, if we're being honest, is closer to the example of someone who is behaving in an "egotistic" manner (see: her Diary Room rants), but actually that's more likely to be down to the fact that her socials are a bit "off". I'm not convinced that is intentional behavior on her part, but rather, she is much more likely to get worked up in that manner because that's how she tackles how she perceives things across the house.

But that's also why I prefer Lily in this case. If she's under some umbrella, she's not running around the house holding it up over her head and running into others with it. Lily genuinely just wants to be Lily. She's a good example of someone who is not a typical person one meets in life, but if one can get away with any preconceived notions or biases they've crafted about others, they can probably learn a great deal from her in terms of the not so apparent, but clearly palpable, differences between individuals. I'm not saying she is everyone's cup of tea or a "misunderstood soul"... she's just Lily.