[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

I hear what you are saying BUT many people have those same insecurities who don't suffer with her condition. I know several people at work who like Anne...single and socially unaware who feel more comfortable around one sex rather than the other who are not autistic. You can't put everything down to autism..that's all I'm saying.

So?

That's like saying a chesty cough is sometimes just a chesty cough, it's nothing to do with pneumonia.

A fundamental aspect of autism is trouble with social interaction and communication. To say it's "nothing to do with it" because non-autistic people can also be socially awkward is nonsense.