> I have no doubt that there are also a lot of people who have taken one dubious questionnaire and self-diagnosed as autistic

Not to drop names, but sounds like El$n Mu$k.

As someone with close bonds with people diagnosed with "real" high-functioning autism, it is quite horrible to see random people (Mu$k claiming himself so[1], or mainstream newspapers attaching Asperger's to figures like Putin) being mislabeled as so for visibility, or because AS individuals have acquired this myth of being cool, quirky geniuses in popular culture.

Truth be told (correct me if I am wrong), the most common high-functioning autism symptoms are also present in other syndromes (especially the social ones), and even in neurotypical people, that (as should be obvious) without a proper assessment, such quick speculations or self-assessment are usually garbage.

[1] https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/elon-musk-aspergers-self-te..., ironic how the article starts suggesting readers to do an autism self-test