Why do people glorify autism? I have seen this mostly on CEOs that want workers that are hyper-focused, intelligent and do not complain. The ideal employee from which extract value and a minimum cost.
I have worked with autistic people (diagnosed ones). And it is a struggle. One of them could be the nicest most reasonable person one minute and then get a trigger and become obtuse and irrational while making the rest of the team suffer thru all kinds of complains. Meetings would need to be adjourned and time was lost.
> The cynic in me bemoans that we brought this upon ourselves, in more than one way.
I enjoy working with other employees and people need human contact to become fully self-actualized. Isolating people to maximize productivity misses the point and brings no more productivity and just avoids fixing any real existing problems.