The idea that autism is more common among people of intellectual accomplishment may be a bias stemming from the environments studied (e.g., academia) rather than a well-established fact.

“ann has a theory that um autism is more common among uh people of intellectual accomplishment and and maybe there's some truth to that but i think it's just bias on the basis of people that and you know i've been at a university my whole life and anne is always running into academics so i can understand why she thinks that but i don't think that's been well established”