In addition to what
@Richelle-H said, most "neurotypicals" do not have the degree of sensory issues, nor the degree of cross-over mental health issues such as depression, attention deficits, etc., nor the degree of LGTBQ issues, nor issues associated with asymmetrical intelligences (sometimes gifted in specific areas, yet having significant deficits in other areas). The brains of autistics are structurally different,...down to the cellular micro anatomy,...areas of hyper and hypo connectivity (thick and thin wires) and hyper and hypo conductivity (high and low voltage) leading to localized and/or global oxidant-to-anti-oxidant and neurotransmitter imbalances. Many of us have to either deal with the fact that we simply are not "wired" to do certain things,...and other times we find mental and social "work arounds" to give the illusion we can do things, even though we really can't. There is certainly "neurodiversity" within the neurotypical population,...but nowhere near the extremes found within the autistic population,...which as
@Richelle-H cautioned, it is best not to categorize anyone. The more I do research on autism, the more I find it interesting.
@harrietjansson More to your second post: You are correct in that some people with ASDs are in the entertainment business,...some famous actors/actresses, musicians, etc. In some cases, socially,...even crisis situations,...it's the rational/logical-thinking autistic that is the calm one in the room. In other cases,...some folks with ASDs are emotional wrecks full of anxiety, can't seem to even mask, let alone get up on stage to perform. But this is the area where we run into trouble when describing "what it is like being autistic" to someone else who isn't,...because in specific circumstances, they too, can have these same issues. Then we get the denial that we even have autism, that we simply have this "neurodiversity" that everyone else has,..."it's just a label"...the toxic minimization that angers us. I tell people,...it's not the 10 difficult things we have in common every once in a while,...its the 110 things that are different and persistent.