“...and where Ben had struggled.”
And what exactly were they going to teach him to do ?
You'd be surprised. I had a young guy work for me who had aspergers, a form of autism. He couldn't hold a job elsewhere but was fantastic at what he did for me. You work with peoples strengths, not their weaknesses.
Or you could put them in a hospital and pretend they don't exist. Kinda like they used to do. That seems to be where your comment is heading.