I think many NTs also struggle with social situations.

[thejuice]

Not fitting in is a primary reason we're here isn't it?

Hardly rocket science.

A brain surgeon and a rocket scientist at a party:

 

[Wizardry]

In some instances, neurotypical people can struggle with social situations as well, but autistic people tend to deal with innate social difficulties that neurotypicals don't experience the same way. We generally by default struggle more with eye contact, non-verbal cues and communication, social cues and unspoken social rules, theory of mind, and sometimes sensory differences.

This isn't to say that autistic people can't improve their social skills, but rather that autistic people by definition experience innate social skill difficulties that neurotypical people don't. If the social difficulties experienced by autistic people and neurotypical people were actually equivalent, the diagnostic criteria for autism would look very different.