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The Author is Autistic. It's likely he didn't realise what we was saying was offensive until after the fact.

And is it a bad thing to let him know it is offensive? If he can't comprehend it naturally, maybe he can at least learn.

I guess you could make a case that people who are diagnosed to lie on the autistic spectrum should get a bit more leeway from the administration with regard to disciplinary action (because it's not really their fault), but what else are you gonna do? Give them a free pass? I don't think that even has much to do with the feared political correctness anymore.

No, but do we let him know by educating him, or should his "lesson" be getting fired from the University or facing disciplinary action that is likely to worsen his condition? Hopefully he will take legal action against the universities policies if it's the latter on the grounds of unfair disability discrimination.

Seems hard to judge which of his statements are caused by his condition and which by him just being a vocal and opinionated person in general - but I guess that's a point in his favor because if that distinction is hard to make, it's probably better to err on the side of free speech instead of trying to figure out what's typical and what's atypical behavior which gets a free pass.

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