I guess some autism awareness training is on the agenda at some point
I'm not autistic - and I
know that because I've been asked eight thousand two hundred and ninety three times and
every time...
In all seriousness, many people
do think that trainspotters are always socially incompetent and it is often said that they are autistic. I think that, on the face of it, these things don't really matter that much.
Look on here for instance. I'm not autistic, and there are many other people on here who aren't autistic. But there are also many people on here who
are autistic. And we still talk to them, and they still talk to us. They're still people. I remember a thread appearing where people with autism were being asked to fill in a survey about interacting with animals. Out of curiosity, I clicked on it, and I saw that people had posted to say 'I've filled this in' and suchlike.
But here's the thing: the people who had said 'I've filled this in' were people that didn't strike me as autistic. I didn't think that they were. It goes to show...something. I don't know, I'm not wording this very well (Maths revision is doing my
head in) but I hope that you guys still understand what I'm saying. Basically, I'm saying that the oft-spoken trope that all train fans are autistic is a bit out-of-date nowadays, and I'm also saying that we shouldn't single people out as autistic.
Incidentally, I'd also like to point out that:
a) trainspotters
and
b) people who like trains
are completely different things. Personally,
I like trains (though not like
that), and it's important to stress that that doesn't make me a trainspotter (or even that much of an
enthusiast). Not that enthusiasts or trainspotters are bad or anything, I'm sure that the majority are lovely people.
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i think we are getting into the realms of lunacy now! After all Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian and he ordered the killing of millions so all veggies must be bad!
You... you vil
go on ze list! 
