A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans

I just want to add that autism does not automatically limit these.

I am diagnosed ASD and ADD with high IQ and altruism, empathy and collaboration are core principles of mine - because they are optimizing efficiency and quality of life on a societal level thus affecting the individual as well.

You could argue that I am an exception but all ASD / ADD friends of mine also tend to at least view empathy and collaboration as important / useful and necessary, more so than many of my neurotypical acquaintances (which tend to be more conservative and focus on their small ingroup / family instead of a more societal / communal perspective).

I know someone autistic who also describes herself this way and was banished from multiple teams for being politically machevialian while also being incompetent - so YMMV

Yeah, on an individual level there will be a lot of variance including people misinterpreting their own principles / beliefs (leading to the situation you described).

Therapy helps a lot with that + how to communicate them.