i think autism is an autoimmune disease caused by swelling of the brain

this is not the same thing as exceptionally high levels of brain lobe interconnection and neuroplasticity (can be measured by the number of astrocytes wandering the brain connecting new dendrites together)

there has been a meme to associate autism with genius, the movie "rainman" is an example, but actually John Nash is more typical of genius, compared to Raymond... Raymond is an IDIOT savant... genius is just savant, not stupid, but very often plagued by the problem of being so rare they can't relate to most other people

that is where the connection comes in

we aren't autistic

we just can see things that most don't get, and we don't get things that most can see

if you only think one level of consequence deep, then you like adulation

if you think 3 levels deep, you start to wonder when someone is going to come assassinate you