I'm diagnosed with Asperger's and communication happens to be one of my biggest problems. I surprised that the word 'communication' has only been mentioned once in the whole thread, although I'm not discarding how useful
this post is to me. Maybe it's because the thread doesn't just cover autism.
I also find that there are so many rules that you have to follow for a certain thread, for example writing an analysis or rating a team. I like to do things perfectly and not make mistakes. I hate the idea of my post being locked just because I appear to have not done it properly.
Like Aoki I am the same in the fact that I've been battling for a long time but never had the confidence to post even by the time the Gen VI games came out, because there's too much going on and too many rules to follow. I see how useful the 'likes' system is as a record (I have 7 likes so far), but I'm not a fan of publicly displaying which people 'liked' other people's posts because if my opinion is disagreed by another user and people start liking their posts instead of mine then I may get frustrated. I think of this 'liking' business as just a pointless 'pile on' to how good the quality of a certain post is.
Outside of the forum, I do have problems with senses, particularly hearing. I'm sensitive to loud noises but at the same time I'm not a good listener. I do have irrational fears with sudden loud noises such as thunder, fireworks, and even group laughter. I may write more, but I don't want to give away too much information about myself, so I'll leave it here for now.