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“Risk”. Imagine thinking being autistic is a bad thing.
I'm autistic and think it is mostly a bad thing.
You might want to find some (better) support. The progressive view is that autism is neither good nor bad - just different - and most of the "issues" with being autistic stem from a lack of understanding and accommodation from the rest of society.
That doesn't really help since we do indeed live in a society