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Because people with autism have often a very high IQ and also are often very talented in some things (while beeing bad at others).

This combination can be very useful for specialized taks. Like programming, math, research ...



> people with autism have often a very high IQ

I don’t think that’s necessarily true even if we only consider those with high-functioning autism (and the average is significantly lower if we include everyone).

Some people with autism have a very high IQ, just like some people who don’t have it.

e.g. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9058071/




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