" Autistic children often show no real fears of danger despite obvious risks of harm. This may be easy to spot in a young child who bolts for the street at a moment’s notice, or plunges into water with no fear of its depth without being able to swim. But what does it look like in an older child, one on the cusp of adolescence? "

― Jeannie Davide-Rivera , Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed: Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autism