I've spoken about this before, I guess I will again. So, people with issues deal with them differently. Some try not to think about it, some use it as a reason to keep pushing forward and getting better. There are lots of people who do different things. One of the most common is joking about it. This can be for many issues and many reasons. For me, I joke about my issues. The reasoning, for me, is that it makes me feel normal. You see, I habe de autism. One of the things I used to struggle with was people joking about me, in a friendly way. I always took it personally. But now, I'm able to take a joke. But people treat autism people differently, and that makes me feel like a ****ing freak. So I joke about my issues, like everyone else can, so I don't feel quite as freakish.

Also, autism is a disorder, not a disease. You can't catch autism.