Actually, most people I know don't really know much about people on the autism spectrum, so they don't have preconceived notions about them except for being "autistic" (i.e., "disabled"). Mind you, I do fit the computer-literate, male nerd stereotype.
What's one new thing you'd like to do in your life over the next 12 months?
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It is easy to go down into Hell;
Night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide;
But to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air –
There's the rub, the task.
– Virgil, The Aeneid (Book VI)