@AlexPed Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder whose number 1 symptom, when you ask us and not the neurotypical psychiatrists who study us, is being oversensitive/overwhelmed in typically 1 or 2 of our senses: Everything is too loud, too bright, too uncomfortable to touch, too smelly or tasting terrible.
@AlexPed The number 1 above-average skill is music, by the way. Did you know that?
(It doesn't mean it's common among autistic people, but more common than among neurotypical people. And more common than unusual math skills.)
@AlexPed The impairment of "social communciation" (in contrast to antisocial communication?) could also be considered to be on the side of the neurotypicals. If they didn't insist on always *implying* stuff we could understand each other much better.