“Asperger's syndrome is a form of autism used to describe people usually at the higher functioning end of the autistic spectrum.”

“A 1998 report described 12 children with inflammatory bowel disorders who developed regressive conditions including autism.”

“Some disabilities, such as severe autism, can profoundly limit the academic achievement of students.”

“As things stand in British arts, only an autist would dare to profess disinterest in diversity.”

“But if many virtues are inaccessible to an autist, so too are many vices.”

“Part geeky film buff, part high-functioning autist, he seems not so much a person, more an assemblage of everything that men think women resent about men.”