[vosper]

To the level of a clinical diagnosis, yeah it seems quite likely to me that most people can’t discern autistic spectrum behaviour in their peers. I bet most people couldn't even accurately say what those behaviours would be.

[andy_ppp]

Definitely nobody in this thread struggling to see the grey areas and wanting to make sure everything is very cleanly defined, as if it’s difficult for them to deal with situations that are outside of rigorously defined clinical diagnostic criteria, for example… BTW just to be crystal clear - I’m obviously making a silly joke here it’s not intended to be serious :-D

[wpietri]

A clinical diagnosis isn't the only way to look at what's going on here. We can have differences that aren't medical problems. Differences that are measurable and nameable, even. Those categories can overlap with or be congruent to medical terms while still being valid and useful.