Wonko
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
oh I do.Well said. I too don't understand why people anyone would think the two are linked in any meaningful way.
Some of the cognitive issues can cause 'social' issues, difficulties in comprehending others, difficulty in expression of various things.
To the lay person that sounds like 'autism', and TBF before ME I could cope a lot better, ME has made certain aspects of my ASD more expressed, left me with less to work with to 'compensate'.
When my ME is 'bad', amongst other things, I go from a 'high functioning' person with ASD to someone who is unable to deal with others, or various aspects of the environment, effectively.
So, whilst I agree that there is probably no meaningful link between ASD and ME, ME makes my ASD much more so, it can turn me from ASD to 'autistic'.