Watching a two part BBC documentary on Luton murderer, Nicholas Prosper, I thought 'oh, the 'dangerous solitary autistic' trope. I spent months on moving to a new social housing area, with 3 neighbours literally running away when I went out. They got used to me - taking shopping indoors in my wheel-barrow, for example, or building eccentric grow-houses on my allotment. The 'eccentric' trope is preferable 
. How do you think we could 'change minds' [and keep the change] about public perception of solitary autistics being 'dangerous'?
I get a lot of pleasure giving-out solutions - even when I get no response. I email my housing association, MP, government officials, supermarkets.. I sometimes email someone whose been in the news, where I have experience and think they might be heartened. I've had good responses for quite a few ideas. It's good to be appreciated. All your creative, inventive, engineering, techie minds - what a waste if all this knowledge/experience is just used out of sight indoors!
What about autistic think-tanks, discussing social problems and issues and offering formal reports to people who can 'make a difference'? BBC news does have a news about autism page - this might be a good point of delivery.
