Jack, you might be right there, at least in his perception of it.
Although...its a little hard to explain as it is a fairly unusual style of communication. But I often speak in a manner such as conveys the emotion I intend others to receive, without actually feeling it. The logical construction to have others perceive what I intend them to perceive. If that makes sense. Really was, however, just casually kicking him, because he was there. The funny thing is, he thought he was trolling ME, he got it the wrong way round, I've been winding HIM up.
Trig, I agree with you, about autism, it is kinda nice to just let it run loose, the wild spirit the autie in me was meant to be. But, other people might see ME as 'trapped'; I'm a Kanner's autie myself, and despite what others think, I am damn glad of it. I'd not even want to down-grade to a HFA, I'm spesh as hell and Iike it that way, it isn't something that I view as being 'trapped' looking from the inside out.
Does feel like there is an invisible, stretchy, flexible 'bubble' around me, but its a big one, one I can be free in and enjoy myself and be proud of who, and what, I am. And the bubble, is transparent, and stretchy, enough to push out sorta...bubble pseudopodae, like being inside an amoeba, so I can push through into the NT world; still in my bubble, just extending portions of it and walking to the front portion of the 'bubble pseudopods' to the bits in the NT world that I want to take, whilst the rest is, unless all hell breaks loose, just left behind, and if it tries to fellow me, it'll just bounce off the edges of my comfy classic autism shaped bubble, the things hitting the walls can be annoying, but I don't let them in. Its more like neighbors I don't know doing construction work next door and pissingme off as I'm trying to get to sleep in the day.
So Trig, perhaps some are, if someone is mentally retarded at the same time as well, but I don't think autism itself is mental retardation (not that I've anything at all against people who are, I've had a few ex girlfriends who were MR, some of them LFA and MR, and I loved them just as much as I would if they were not MR), but I see my Kanner's autism as a precious gift, and I'm really not shy about letting it run loose and unrestrained. I have no sense of shame in that context, for I WILL NOT be shamed for who I am.