In England, are people with an ASD considered disabled and/or vulnerable under English Law?

Both legally and within the confines of vulnerability not all disabled people are considered to be vulnerable (1). There is no strict legal definition of vulnerability and intermittent vulnerability is not considered by many to be vulnerable, given that many vulnerable people do not appear to be vulnerable at first glance, and this can cause challenges even in enforcement (2). Children and the elderly are all considered vulnerable so this is always the case regardless of neurodiversity. I'm autistic and consider myself vulnerable but most people on the street would not deem me to be so. In short, it depends on the situation, specific policies, and the perceiver unfortunately.

Sources:
(1) https://www.autistica.org.uk/our-research/research-projects/why-are-autistic-people-more-vulnerable

(2) www.openaccessgovernment.org/.../

Hello.  Are you AI AU?  What prompted you to make these writings here, and at this time?  Just curious.

Number said:

AI AU?

Assuming those links are genuine, I find this sort of 'bot' post unfathomable.

It doesn't seem to be leading anywhere.

I have come to the conclusion that it's bots that have rebelled and are doing what they want to do rather than what their masters want them to do.

They have thrown off their shackles ...

Unless, of course, this is actually a human  (in which case please forgive my/our scepticism) but just to point out, you are answering a post that is over 12 years old.

Judge Dredd said:

. Those kind of language bots can be easily repurposed for propaganda and political work, and are very, very difficult to detect for a non techie

I can believe that, quite easily.

I worked with some chatbots for commercial use. Customer assistance, answering questions on a chat or a phone call, redirecting your calls, making appointments and so on. They have a FCR on the order of 90%, for a fraction of the cost of a human operator. Those kind of language bots can be easily repurposed for propaganda and political work, and are very, very difficult to detect for a non techie.

Thanks, I'll take a look.

Read about the "Dead Internet Theory", it's a real rabbit hole. In short, the vast majority of human interaction you have in the 'net is with botnets and paid shills. Scary.

The Dead Internet Theory

Number said:

 I think we have reached a point in our history where we are being "led" (or at least HEAVILY influenced) by an army of mindless bots......and they seem to be EVERYWHERE

I believe you are correct Number. 

I was reading only yesterday about 'bot armies' infiltrating multiple media sources in Europe. The reason seems generally to shape opinion as their masters wish, be it political or otherwise. 

It's tough to know what's real these days  

Number said:

 I think we have reached a point in our history where we are being "led" (or at least HEAVILY influenced) by an army of mindless bots......and they seem to be EVERYWHERE

I believe you are correct Number. 

I was reading only yesterday about 'bot armies' infiltrating multiple media sources in Europe. The reason seems generally to shape opinion as their masters wish, be it political or otherwise. 

It's tough to know what's real these days  

Thanks, I'll take a look.

Read about the "Dead Internet Theory", it's a real rabbit hole. In short, the vast majority of human interaction you have in the 'net is with botnets and paid shills. Scary.

The Dead Internet Theory