That one I totally understand. It's why I wouldn't accept that I was autistic for a very, very long time. I did care. I could learn (although not social cues in the same way that others did, and it took me a very, very long time). I suppose I finally accepted that I might be when new research came out and said we could make friends, and we could learn. I guess by the time I went for tests I had almost accepted it. But I didn't really accepted it until I went for a second round of tests.

My daughter taught autistic kids for about three years. They absolutely can learn. They just have a different learning methodology.