I have a cousin with autism, he’s in his late 50s and has needed adult supervision his entire life. His parents both just passed and his younger brother now takes care of him. He works buts its the special stuff, bagging groceries, filling nails into boxes, tearing movie tickets. Even had a bit of a savant power with being able to recall the day of the week any particular date was. One Thanksgiving he broke into my grandparents minivan and ate 3 full pies before anyone noticed. They were locked in the van because the previous year he stole them off the counter one by one.

I dated a girl recently that announced she had autism and would just use it as an excuse for her bad behavior. I understand the spectrum and the varying degrees it expresses but she really aggravated me everytime she said it.