I am different, not less
All animals and people have the same core emotion systems in the brain.
I like to figure things out and solve problems.
Autism's a very big spectrum. At one end of the spectrum, Einstein would probably be labeled autistic, Steve Jobs, half of Silicon Valley, you know, Van Gogh. And at the other end of the spectrum, you got much more severe handicaps where they never learn to speak.
You get these fear memories that are hard to undo.
I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac.