Undiagnosed?

I think that dealing with autism makes you see it quickly in others. I see lots of folks with mild autism walking around in El Segundo. It's the geek gene and the aerospace industry is ride with it.

It's frustrating to see it in kids, though. You don't know if the parents have gone through the diagnosis process or not, so you can't judge what skills they are or are not using.

The family downstairs from me has a monster of a child. This child is loud, with massive tantrums and seems to scream nonstop. Yet I never hear good verbal ability from the little guy, so it may be he's autistic in some degree. That's unfortunate even if it is incredibly annoying. He problem is, tat the mother and father seem to be clueless. They disregard all social norms regarding privacy and boundaries with their kids. If this poor little guy is autistic, he has a poor chance of getting a leg up if the parents are oblivious.

Poor kid.