Is it ASD to not understand human behavior beyond nice and rude, good and bad. The concept of distance and boundaries are too nuanced. That’s why animals don’t understand it either. Luckily for them, no one expects them to.

A flick of geese I was feeding got all aggressive demanding bread from me. When I couldn’t dispense the bread fast enough, one of them repeatedly pecked me hard on my shins. They follow me wherever I go in the park.

A human doing that would get arrested, after being decked in the face