I guess my phrasing wasnt clear, I wasnt talking so much about "weirdo genius" level of function but more people who just cant function well. Theres a level where some people are very good at certain things but not so sociable, more like Aspergers disease, thats fine and caused by more stuff than just autism. Its when it starts preventing people from doing basic function, caring for themselves, holding basic conversation that it becomes a problem.

I think this is an area where our choice of words and efforts to speak clearly are especially important.

Empowering people is very different than fixing them.