"People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?"

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Some autistic people have savant skills. All autistic people do not have savant skills. Autism is a very variable disorder varying all the way from Einstein, emollient scientist, just a little bit of the trait, many scientist and engineers, down to somebody that's going to remain nonverbal.

— Temple Grandin