I guess we mostly agree, my phrasing was just clumsy. > There are no problems to reproduce, if female is autistic, as she has much higher chances to find a par

I guess we mostly agree, my phrasing was just clumsy. > There are no problems to reproduce, if female is autistic, as she has much higher chances to find a partner and produce autistic offsprings Not only she has to birth children, in the absence of a strong (extra-)familial community she also has to be able to care well for them. Don't you think that autism, especially if in strong form, might make this a problem?