autism amy adaptative i can see why people don't want autism, which a lot of unviolent people suffer from, some of them developing children, with horrific events that are not the way of the 99.999% majority. or: the 100% majority. OTOH, if it's not a mental disorder, though, what is it? cardio? cancer? behavioral then. is behavioral not mental anymore? i can see where it's different than schizophrenia, though, yes. schizophrenics can often suppress behavioral malfunctions until there is a break and they can't not be sedated anymore. i think that's not autism. i'm not an expert though. nope. i just have first hand experience of this thing that is frightening called psychosis. i just checked the wikipedia page on autism and there is no mention of psychosis there. so. 121216 what's it to you? who go blather from