The article misses the point the grand parent is making: People with autism lack (to varying degree) the ability to decode social clues and - based on that - be

The article misses the point the grand parent is making: People with autism lack (to varying degree) the ability to decode social clues and - based on that - behave in socially agreeable ways. Since the other side (non-autists) can usually not distinguish between disregarding social norms on purpose (being a jerk) or by accident (autism), autists are often judged as jerks. Escpecially since the high frequency of "social fuckups" rules out "normal" human mistakes.