The "spectrum" diagnoses are based on symptoms independent of cause. So the diagnosis doesn't mean that another thing - the deprived of oxygen at birth thing - didn't happen after all, or isn't a factor in anything. The spectrum is broad and the label is applied to a variety of people with very different issues and…

Of course, because random internet commenters obviously know more than the person in question and her doctor about it. You should inform Ms. Boyle of your amazing insight into her condition immediately!

Good to know that you can diagnose a stranger you've never met, as opposed to the medical specialist who actually did. You have no idea what you're talking about.

Of course she was never "slow." This just reminds me about all the talk about how Asperger's and Autism are "on the rise." No, it's not. It just that years ago we didn't have a name for these conditions, and so we called it "slow" or "different" or "strange" or "not right."

Being that Asperger's is a spectrum disorder, you really can't look at one person and decide that they don't have it because they didn't act "abnormal" enough, in your opinion. One person with Asperger's is usually quite different from the next, as I understand it.

You can't use public interviews as the go-to to determine a person's natural mental and social inclinations.
For a while she was on of Britain's most recognizable faces. It's very possible the people behind BGT noticed her disability when it came to social interaction, and as consequence fed her interview points and…

I'm really happy that she decided to come out about her Asperger's. The world needs to understand how having a disability is just as normal as not having one, and that it doesn't mean you can't follow your dreams, as cliche as that might sound.

A big problem as well is that it can take anywhere from 30 days to three months (and sometimes longer) for HIV antibodies to be detectable by tests. So even a negative test isn't full proof, although obviously regular testing does greatly improve the odds of limiting exposure. However, if the industry continues to…

I'm pretty sure they know this already.

NEVER FORGET!

Yes, and that is also a terrible joke. What is this, 1923? Come up with a new joke. It's old.

Because as we all know, "does this make me look fat" is asked many a time by men in comedic routines.

because women never worry about their weight. And men are never portrayed as idiots who need to be saved from burning the house down with the microwave in national TV ads that run during all types of shows.

"Does this suit make me look fat?" isn't a sexist joke?

You can make fun of her performance, but Moyr didn't just passingly make fun of her performance. He also through in a jab about her asking if the suit made her look fat. The "does this make me look fat?" joke is 100% because she's a woman, and it calls into question his motivation for making the first joke about her…

He made a joke about her sucking at her job, and when you consider how many other Nascar drivers suck at their jobs and don't get called out for it, it is obvious she's being singled out because of her vagina. Then he made the joke about her asking her boyfriend if her suit made her look fat. It's a joke based on…

He did make a joke about her gender, with that whole "do I look fat in this fire suit" bit. It was uncalled for and inappropriate, but even worse, it was an awful joke. Just really, really bad.

The problem, is that there is this history of misogynist bravado in racing of all kinds, which transforms what might otherwise just be gentle ribbing, into a questionable attack based on gender. It's kind of tough to tell which it is, sometimes. She probably has that look on her face, because she's trying to figure…