This was also found in high-functioning men with some autistic spectrum symptoms, who may tend to avoid eye contact.

在一些高功能自闭症症状的男性中也发现了这一特点，他们可能倾向于避免眼神接触。

Autistic spectrum disorders often result in major difficulties in comprehending verbal information and speech processing.

自闭症常常导致人们在理解言语信息和言语处理方面存在重大困难。

This is difficult to scientifically quantify as such extra-sensory stimuli vary greatly from one autistic individual to another.

这很难用科学的方法来量化，因为这种超感官刺激在自闭症患者之间差异很大。

Dr Gina Gómez, from the National Autistic Society, said research into fragile X syndrome could help understanding of certain aspects of autism.

全国自闭症协会的 Gina Gómez 博士认为对于脆性 X 综合症的研究有助于理解自闭症的某些方面。

Last year, I got to know a group of autistic (患自闭症的) children.

去年，我结识了一群患自闭症的孩子。

An autistic person named Jane Meyerding criticized therapy which attempts to remove autistic behaviors.

一个名叫简·梅耶丁的自闭症患者批评试图消除自闭症行为的疗法。

They have two children, one of them autistic.

他们有两个孩子，其中一个是孤独症患者。

Of course, not all autistic people are alike.

当然，并不是所有自闭症者都那样。

In general, about 80% of autistic kids are boys.

一般而言，80%的孤独症患者是男孩。

They are autistic, and for them this is normality.

她们是孤独症患者，对她们来说，这很正常。

'Autistic tendencies are often overlooked,' she says.

‘孤独症倾向常常是被忽视的。’她说。

Life would be so much easier if my son weren't autistic.

儿子要不是有自闭症，生活就轻松多了。

Sherrill stays home to care of their autistic son, now 19.

谢里尔在家照顾他们患有自闭症的19岁的儿子。

What other cognitive abilities make up the autistic advantage?

还有其他什么认知能力构成自闭症优势吗？

I can't properly explain why autistic children behave like this.

我没法解释为什么孤独症孩子会这样做。

Evidence for autistic advantages is also coming in from new studies.

在新的研究中也正出现自闭症优势的证据。

You try to relate to your autistic child, and the child doesn't respond.

你试着同你的孤独症孩子建立感情，而你的孩子没有反应。

Other autistic strengths are harder to paint as disabilities in any way.

其他自闭症强项更难以任何方式描述为残疾。

He had a lot of problems like all autistic kids do, but he was a good kid.

他像其他所有自闭症孩子一样有很问题，但是他是一个好孩子。

It would be down - right autistic to write to the newspapers and complain.

我要是写文章向媒体抱怨这件事，那才真是自闭到家了。

Far from lacking empathy, autistic people often have an excess of empathy.

孤独症人士不是缺乏同理心，而是有太强的同理心。

The National Autistic Society said the exact causes of autism were unknown.

英国全国孤独症协会指出，孤独症的确切成因仍然未知。

The public has a perception that all autistic children have special talents.

在公众的印象中，所有孤独症儿童都有特殊才能。

I hope they'll get that somebody who is severely autistic really can achieve.

我希望他们理解一个重症孤独症患者也能成就一番事业。

Temple Grandin: I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young.

天宝·葛兰汀：我现在有了很大改善，比起我年轻的时候。

When they finally have children, they pass on their genes for autistic tendencies.

当他们有了孩子之后，又会把带有自闭症倾向的基因传给他们的孩子。

I believe there's a point where mild autistic traits are just normal human variation.

我相信有一种观点是温和的孤独症样特性只是正常的人类变异。

Autistic people have different levels of intelligence, just as neuro-typical people do.

孤独症人士和非孤独症人士一样，智力水平参差不齐。