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Asperger is by definition mild variant. It is not equivalent leg disability. Plus, lack of empathy can be advantage in business - you care less about impact on others.

Asperger is not something that excludes you from success.

OCD and being bipolar have much graver consequences on your life and success.

Oscar Pistorius was both a Paralympic and an Olympic sprinter despite having no feet.

> I don't see how your mention of OCD, bipolar disorder, narcissisms or sociopathy is relevant to someone with a supposed social skill disorder being really good at navigating and conquering the social world.

It's not the social world. It's the social media world. Big difference.

Michael Jackson was the greatest in his field too, was on all covers and people would faint when they saw him, but was also a social reclusive.

Big phenomenons like this are more an indication of the amount of money being spent in promotion than the social skills of the person being promoted.