I have said many times before and it is blatently obvious now, that those with high funcitoning autism is highly prone to 'pill htinking' due to the disparity of life expectations in relation to neurotypical peers. Many victims of PUA scams where thousands of dollars are lost involve men on the autism spectrum who have never had any romantic experience in their lives. It is really a tough spot where neurotypicals (NTs) assume you are normal due to lacking an intellectual disabiliity, but at the same time, regard you as weird or creepy due to your lack of social intuition and other autism related issues. Its makes me wonder: could all this have been avoided with early intervention? I know that severe autism has inellectual disabiliites and no amount of therapy can really fix that. But people with aspergers, even lacking the emotional/social parts of their brain, are able to utilise logic and practice in order to learn new things. Would early intervention of high functioning autism lead to overall better long term life outcomes? i.e. if you were taught how to socialise properly instead of not wanting to play with other kids you would then have no trouble making friends and live a normal childhood, adolescence and adulthood, etc.

Have there been any studies specifically about this: the impact of early intervention on the long-term life outcomes for individuals with high functioning autism