I had a stepson with autism. He was all messed up. No chance he could ever drive a car or have a normal life. At least he was verbal and you could talk to him when he wasn’t having a meltdown and he was 23.
I would put him on a scale of one to 10, 10 being worst at about a 6 or 7. I’ve seen much worse. I believe the 1 to 5 people should not even be qualified as on the spectrum. Their a bit goofy and socially awkward (like Musk) but they can function at a high level and are not disabled.
It is harder to be very high functioning than low functioning
I can only work jobs that are manual, and repetitive. Complicated would be to hard.
My 14 year old granddaughter was early diagnosed with autism. She is still somewhat socially awkward, but is a straight A student, a junior pilot, a brown belt in Taekwondo, can solve a Rubik’s cube in under 30 seconds and has aspirations to be a commercial airline pilot.
Other than that, she’s perfectly normal.