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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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