Do you think having ASD we deserve to be termed vulnerable adult s . I don’t see my self as weak but I do think my good nature can be played upon . I find people who do things morally wrong upsetting . People think I unable and have no compassion for feeling s but I see see feelings in a different way
I agree with Iain - it depends on the individual.
I personally don't want the "vulnerable" label, but it's useful for others who need support .
Please forgive me if this seems pedantic, but if a person doesn’t have support needs, then, per the DSM criteria, they’re simply not autistic. Having support needs is a prerequisite for a formal diagnosis. And a formal diagnosis (under any recognised classification system) means that, legally speaking, we’re all recognised as being vulnerable.
The extent to which we, as autistic people, are each aware of our needs, or willing to acknowledge them (to ourselves and/or others), can of course vary from person to person. But they exist regardless.
The neurodevelopmental nature of our differences also means that we’ll continue to suffer difficulties even when we know that we have these vulnerabilities. For example, my partner regularly points out how I continue to take things literally, and to act accordingly in response, until I’m corrected. This fact has been a source of great disappointment to me! :)
On a related note, I also personally disagree with describing our vulnerability as a “label”, but that’s a separate conversation for another day. :)
PS. I’m offering this reply as much to help others, who might read this thread and not know about the diagnostic criteria, as in reponse to you. 
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