I think the discussion should not be whether autistic people have some kind of superpower but whether there are parts of the autistic spectrum that can't be tho

I think the discussion should not be whether autistic people have some kind of superpower but whether there are parts of the autistic spectrum that can't be thought of as a disease. There are obvious examples of Autism that are absolutely objectively terrible for the person experiencing it, this is not about those cases but about the "less severe cases" where an autistic child can go to a normal school and lead a generally normal life. If that is the case, I think the line between what you call a disease and mere personality traits is actually not very clear. Instinctively I would be very careful to describe someone's personality as a disease just because it is different from other peoples behaviour. The problem with my thinking on the other hand is probably that the definition of the word autism itself might be unclear when considering these edge cases.