Thanks. :-)

The thing that bugged me most about the Carly hype was how her parents reacted, or at least how their reaction was portrayed: "Like, WOW, it never would have even occurred to us that there might be an actual person within that useless lump of flesh!" Yeah, I hyperbolicize, but that kind of "breakthrough" talk always ticks me off. "Normal" = "WE can't even be bothered to consider the possibility that you might be human until you start acting like US."

As for the rest, yeah, and yeah. :-p

I've been diagnosed as "Aspie," though not in any way as could ever be of any practical use (and not that I needed a second-opinion). Everything I've learned about myself has been depite the "help" of professionals, not because of it, but fortunately, I've managed to steer clear of those snakepits for the most part. As little regard as I have for Scientology, they're dead-on in calling the kettle black: the "mental health" professions have as many benchmarks of cultism as does any religion.

Inexplicable tangents aside, where I differ from most Auties is that 1) I don't dare try to tell anyone who doesn't already know me well, because they'll never believe me, and 2) for me, writing is much-much-much-muuuch harder than talking.

Moi = outcast among outcasts among outcasts. Go figure.

:-p