Agreeing and piggybacking/expanding. So here's the thing. I have at least one relative that is deeply autistic. Good friends of mine have relatives that are deeply autistic. Other good friends have professional experiencing in caretaking for autistic people. It's tragic in that people with legit autism got dealt a bad hand for dealing with the world today. Most of them are capable of learning to operate in the world and have fulfilling and enjoyable lives. Some of them don't. The problem, and I guarantee that other relatives and caretakers will agree with me, is that autistic kids are still human and therefore learn pretty quick that they can use things to their advantage. Specifically, autistics quite often figure out they get a pass for being little shits when they should know better, because people respond "oh, autism, they didn't know better." They push boundaries with new people constantly if this is happening. If they aren't taught self-control (appropriately, through methods that work with autistics) they turn into big shits as adults; violent, abusive, lazy, dangerous to themselves and others because nobody ever pulled them up short. Basically exactly like fatties, really. There are ways to interact with autistic kids that work and ways that don't work, and I in no way suggest that autistics are dumb or unable to control themselves because they're frequently smart and self-controlled. The problem is that many of them grow up getting a pass because of their autism. Autism does not cause weight gain. But autism in a child can encourage parents to shy away from disciplining inappropriate behaviour, or from disciplining appropriately, which reduces a child's ability to learn self-control. And that is why you will see fatass autistic kids. If the chick in the sewing post was autistic, that's too bad and I sympathize with her and her family- but she fat as hell and being autistic doesn't make you immune to thermodynamics.