The line about Asperger’s is hysterical. I can’t wait for this insanity to die down and go back to normal. During these frenzied moments we almost need a forked HN homepage where the trend of the month is cordoned off to prevent contagion.
I wish dang would just disable registration for a week or two when this kind of thing is happening. It attracts low-value commenters who only want to talk about drama, pick fights in the comments, and ban evade. We even have one such commenter in this thread. I'm sure people who actually want to discuss technology would wait until registration is reopened.
I apologize for the specificity of the nit I'm about to pick, but the "spectrum" part of Autism Spectrum Disorder does not mean that every person is on it! ASD has very specific diagnostic criteria (https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html) according to which an individual is either diagnosed with ASD or not.
If you have 95% of the symptoms of autism, but not 100%, what does that mean? Sorry get fucked you're not autistic. You're close, but not quite! See you in six months.
At the end of the day the treatment path will be the same (ie, there is none, learn to accept yourself and manage your neurodivergence like the rest of us)