> As an aspie, you're probably pretty damned good at actively learning the traits that seem to come naturally for other people.

Makes me wonder how much of "neuro-diversity" is actually just "neuro-plasticity". Maybe many aspies are actually just "neuro-typicals" who were bullied and lost faith in social interactions, and thus spent much of their early life on geeky interests instead, developing better technical skills but neglecting social skills.

But as they get older many realize that social skills are important and pick them up anyway, just a little later than most.