[riri]

Yes! We had an autistic woman at my previous job. She was typically very sweet. BUT, she was known to flip out and physically lash out at those around her. She was very much like a very young child but with a photographic memory about weird things. She could remember everyone's birthday. And if she got their email she would email relentlessly and get very angry when she didn't get a response.

She was supposedly very high functioning. She mostly cleaned, some easy filing and other repetitive tasks. Though, I can't say I believe she really belonged in a workplace. She had a caseworker that came and saw her once a week at work, once a week at home and she had state funded transportation to and from the office. I am sure the owner got some sort of break for having her there. In the end, I'd bet having her there cost the taxpayers quite a bit but it made the liberals feel good and gave the caseworkers and transportation companies jobs.

[penelopesire]

My extended family member told me he was scared of some of the other asberger’s kids he met at a special school he had to go to as well. one of them threatened to kill his mother. Liberals don’t want these people put in homes though so we are all in danger...not from guns but from nuts.

[MWestMom]

Within autism is an entire spectrum of other disorders as well. There is the same range of IQ’s, and other issues as in the “normal” population.