(Disclosure: I have ASD.) Just a FYI, I agree with your post and your parent, and I don't find them at odds; your post is complementary, and a nice addendum. B

(Disclosure: I have ASD.) Just a FYI, I agree with your post and your parent, and I don't find them at odds; your post is complementary, and a nice addendum. Both of you describe an symptom of autism. It is important different symptoms of autism get described, and that the general public gets to understand these instead of tunneling on a few symptoms. No autistic person has the very same symptoms as severe in the very same way as the other.