Rather like how queer people always seem to find each other. And there's a definite crossover there too; I don't think I've ever met a fellow autistic who wasn't also queer.

I have no friends who aren't at least one of the two. I have one non-autistic friend who is bisexual, and my one (confirmed) straight friend is autistic. (The possibly straight friends are also autistic.)

To be fair I never actually said we're automatically smart. I've met at least one autistic person who was also a complete dumbfuck.

I didn't mean to imply that at all, don't worry. I was just thinking about how my non-autistic friend puts autistics on a bit of a pedestal.

Exactly. This is much more what I meant. We see things differently and sometimes more clearly, and we don't keep our mouths shut about it.

Yep. We tend to be of the mindset that if you don't want to see criticism of something you like, don't seek it out.