Vittorio Angelone

Autism Can Explain Social Misfires Without Excusing Them

Comedian Vittorio Angelone uses his adult autism diagnosis to explain a recurring social problem: he often cares intensely about upsetting people but cannot reliably tell when he has done it. In conversation with Chris Williamson, he argues that diagnosis can clarify mistakes without excusing them, and that the hardest forms of inclusion are those that disrupt social decorum rather than fit neatly into public sympathy. The exchange extends that concern into comedy, masculinity and online reaction culture, where Angelone repeatedly resists turning identity, vulnerability or transgression into a substitute for judgment.