People who are smart don't necessarily have more friends, it's the people who you would consider "normal." By normal, we mean people who don't have any disabilities, who know how to interact with other people, and those who can do basic to more advanced things without too much difficulties. We think normal people have more friends because the average person doesn't really want to interact with disabled people because either they don't know how to act around them, or they are afraid what people will think of them if they do socialize with someone who is not "normal." Also there are basically two types of being smart: there can be street smart and book smart. Being street smart means you know what to do out in the world, you can take care of yourself, and you can easily interact with people. Being book smart means you are very knowledgeable about subjects and academic-related things, but they are challenged when it comes interacting with other people and fending for themselves. People like Charlie probably face an immense amount of challenges each day, partially because they just can't understand some things that "normal" people would claim obvious. They either can't read people or just were born where they can't do everyday activities that everyone else can. Very smart people also face challenges. The most gifted people may seem below average because it looks like they don't care, when really they just need need an activity or task that they need to use their full brain capacity to complete. They also deal with an issue very similar to those who are disabled because since they are so smart, they don't fit into the category of "normal" so they have issues making friends. Being on a severe side of the spectrum is hard for people, whether being disabled or unnaturally gifted.
By Chris Hickey, Sydney Roque, and Me (Pauline Kneller)
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