It depends on the person and how visibly autistic they are.
If a person's inability to verbally communicate or interact in society is severe due to their autism, then they might need someone to help care for them. Otherwise, there's nothing about autism that makes living alone particularly dangerous.
People with autism have the same lifespan as someone without autism. Remember autism is not a life threatening disease like cancer.
No people with Autism (Including Me) are perfectly healthy and can live just as long as any NT.
Autism is not mental or physical per say, nor is it always a disability. Autism is a neurological difference - some people with autism do consider themselves disabled because of the way autism effects them, but many autistic people live just like neurotypical people so do not consider their autism to be a disability at all.
People don't 'get' autism. They are born with it.
Yes, there are a lot of people in Ireland that live alone.
Autism is not life-threatening.
No one knows really, it 'just happens'. We get born with autism. We live with autism. We die with autism.
Autism awareness is simply making people aware of autism and Autistic people. Unfortunately organizations such as Autism Speaks uses autism awareness to speak negatively about autism and Autistic people to increase their profits, thus there remains a lot of ignorance about autism.
It would not be ethical or legal to do anything TO people who have autism.
a person who chooses to live alone is a hermit.
Autism impairs the ability to form relationships with other people; autistic people live in a world of their own, to put it metaphorically. A severely autistic person doesn't speak at all. So, if someone has these kinds of problems, a diagnosis of autism is likely to be made.
By breathing, eating, etc. while accomplishing all the milestones most people go through during their life. Autism is not life-threatening.