I do not think that autism is a learning disability, but that is not to say that autistic people can not have a learning disability. I just believe that autism does not cause learning a disability. I have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome (DSM IV 299.80) and I do not believe that I have a learning disability. I have always been able to figure out anything I set my mind to. It is my understanding that autistic people process information differently than NT's do. In some ways better and in some ways not as well.