Detecting such insincere forms ofcommunication require many brain functions, including the ability to read emotion, see the world from another person's perspective and understand others' intentions.
The crux of that comment seems to be related to function and that certain functions like verbal communication capacities or having an administrative assistant preclude an autism diagnosis.
"After two months of a complicated post-operative process, the patient remains conscious, with his intellectual functions intact, in close communication with his government team, " Villegas said, reading from a statement on television.