Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27148630-20160222210420/@comment-24458012-20160224085945

Unless we know someone in person, anyone here can be anything - all we have is them saying so. Hence, if someone says they do or don't have autism or any other illness, affliction, disorder or whatever... well, maybe they do, or maybe they don't and maybe they are making it all up. We can only go by what people post. Violating the TOC rules is an offence - that applies to all users. Whatever the reason is why people might be rude or post spam content, it is up to them to learn to modify that behaviour. Communities can not accept foul language and other TOC offences from one but not others users just because one user claims to be something or other.

I am sure that the vast majority of contributors who are on the spectrum do not post rude comments. Those who do - well, they simply are in the same boat as those amongst neuro-typical contributors who feel the need to do so and have to learn that it simply isn't acceptable.

Having a reason does not automatically equal having an excuse.