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Autism is developmental, not neurological. Neuro would be something like parkinson’s or multiple sclerosis, Autism is on the same kind of lines as ADHD.Technically autism is not a learning disability, it's a neurological disorder that can rob you of executive function, which is what we're seeing with Chris.
Remind me again, why he can't be both? There are some absolute batshit autistic people, and it's not a product of laking occupational therapy or support, autism just screws up your brain. There's tons of comorbidity with autism
And to answer your second point, Chris’s autism “didn’t screw him up” in this way- the internet trolling is what did the most damage. Magical thinking =/= delusions. Chris has an overactive imagination combined with the classic autistic trait of taking things very literally. Nobody has been there to bring her back down to earth, instead people have fed into it at every opportunity. Thats why I wouldn’t say Chris is delusional- the internet just fed an autistic person’s imagination until it got to this stage.
Delusions can be treated; anti psychotics do the trick pretty well for most. This is more of a product of, for a lack of a better word, brainwashing. If the internet had never been a part of her life, I would bet my left tit that Chris wouldn’t be spouting this shit today. I would liken this to Phil’s australatina- a product of a truely autistic mind that acts as a kind of place to retreat into for comfort. The difference is, most don’t tell phil that his made up country is real, they laugh at him for it. Chris on the other hand has had people trolling her for the best part of 10+ years, with barely anyone saying hey, CWCville isn’t a real place. Instead, they exploit the fact Chris loves the idea of CWCville so much to get to her.
So yes, in a way Chris is mentally ill, but it’s a product of people feeding the overactive imagination of an autistic person for years upon years. Chris isn’t schizophrenic, CWCville isn’t a delusion, it’s a world made up by the mind of an autistic child that has been reinforced by pretty much everyone she had been in contact with.