Yeah I think people who are autistic gravitate toward it. It's a very happy coincidence that so many things about computers attract autistic minds. It's a skill that's valuable enough and specialized enough that autistic idiosyncrasies are tolerated to a greater degree than in other fields.

I know deep in my heart if my special interest were birdhouses or windchimes, I would not be in the privileged position I am today. I also know that if my skin were not white, my gender were not male, and my orientation not straight / cis I would not have the same life experience as I did, which all things considered has turned out okay (others called my inability to live a typical life an objectively negative outcome, but I disagree!).

Many of my friends are POC or trans or gay and they face challenges I do not on top of their autism. I don't think I would be nearly as "high functioning" as I am if I weren't conventionally attractive and part of a majority race/ethnic group in my country.

Thanks for listening and learning something; I'm glad my attempt at spreading awareness has worked on at least one person!