It’s now viewed as levels depending on the amount of support needed. Level 1 may be able to mask compared to level 2 or 3, allowing them to be more part of society, but we still need accommodations otherwise we will burn out.

There is a popular narrative about autism. Damaged, deficient, etc.

Digression from this narrative is often met with hostility. That's popular, emotionally-charged narratives for you.

In your unpopular but assuredly more accurate narrative are all people diagnosed with autism misunderstood STEM high performers ?

If not all, what percentage?

That isn't my narrative.

And this is just more of that darn hostility to which I referred. It blots out rational conversation.