> Collaboration is the reason why we are here, along with altruism and empathy. Autism drastically limits all three.

Autism does not reduce altruism. What are you trying to suggest by this? Autistic people are often the most altruistic people I know; going well above and beyond to help out (sometimes to a fault).

Autism does not reduce empathy. This is a common misconception due to difficulties with reading faces and theory of mind. Empathy is often felt extremely strongly.

Autism does not mean unable to collaborate. Here on HN of all places! The software world is full of asd people happily collaborating to do great things.

> at the cost of losing core human characteristics like altruism, empathy, and the potential for collaboration.

Ahh I get it now. The neurodivergent are not even properly human to you. Perhaps a little eugenics is needed to correct things?

I am diagnosed ASD and ADD with high IQ and altruism, empathy and collaboration are core principles of mine - because they are optimizing efficiency and quality of life on a societal level thus affecting the individual as well.

You could argue that I am an exception but all ASD / ADD friends of mine also tend to at least view empathy and collaboration as important / useful and necessary, more so than many of my neurotypical acquaintances (which tend to be more conservative and focus on their small ingroup / family instead of a more societal / communal perspective).