I forgot you mentioned that before. The media seems to be on a witch hunt for people on the spectrum. It's repulsive! I don't blame her for not telling.
Problem is a lot of these kids stand out in a crowd as being different. This leads to bullying or teasing or worse and some of these kids who go on a rampage reach the end of their rope and lash out at those who did harm or who they feel did harm to them. You can't just hide ASD and act like it doesn't exist. These kids need all the help they can get and ignoring their needs and acting like nothing is wrong with them isn't the way to do it.