My uncle is a very hard worker and a nice guy, having autism does not make him less of a person he only learns more slowly.
one of my cousins has severe austism yet he is the best at math in his entire class so it cannot be all bad.
i think zigfried was using his disabilty as an excuse to violate forum rules and unspoken rules of etiquette (did i spell that right?) on a forum.
I think lots of people have learning disabilities and do not disclose the fact because of fear of being rejected.
The most important thing is to learn to live above said disabilties, and live without labeling oneself as this or that but just be yourself. and if anyone has a problem with that you can tell them to f off.
There are literally millions of people who have similar problems as ziegfried so he should not use that as his banner or emblem announcing it to the world, he should think of others and not be so self centered. everybody has problems and we each deal with them differently most people do silently as an internal struggle or physical. to me people who see a disability as a challenge rather than a disease to whimper to others about are the people i respect.