Augh. What? So in the first post, someone tries to defend that demian fellow by saying he has a friend who had autism as a child (and still has some lingering effects now), so he knows all about demian's troubles.

Except. What. I mean, that's like saying "I have a friend who was a puppy as a child (and still has a tendancy to bark at the mailman now)." Just - no.

Or, here's another: his friend was an invisible unicorn as a child (and still doesn't always have a reflection)