D&D 3E/3.5 Autism as a flaw?

[abe ray]

How would you fine people create autism as a flaw?

 

[Xeviat]

I wouldn't build it as a flaw. I'd play it as a way of roleplaying certain ability scores. In your other thread, you said you're on the spectrum yourself, so I'd read over the mental ability scores and decide how to represent what you see as aspects of being on the spectrum means to you.

I have friends on the spectrum, but I'm not myself, so I wouldn't want to make insensitive assumptions.

What do you see as the differences between an autistic person and a neurotypical person?

 

[abe ray]

A sort of facial illiteracy that makes it hard to read emotions? Bluntness? other than that I’m not really sure.

 

[Morrus]

OK, I understand that you have Asperger syndrome from your post in another thread, so I know this is coming from a good place. But I’m not comfortable with the idea of people in general who don’t have similar conditions discussion autism as a ‘flaw’. I’m going to close this thread.