I read the article. Super relevant to me i think. I often talk with my gf about feeling like I have autism. And Ive done quizes and looked into all the traits and such of it. I always present with the majority of the traits/symptoms of autism. I think in my case im either sza with lots of traits of autism due to the sza. Or i might have even been autistic my whole life and it wasnt picked up properly due to various personal reasons I won’t go into here. And then developed sza/psychosis later due to the stress of trying to function as a person with ASD with no help, plus drug and alcohol use at a young age to also cope. My gf and a few other people in my life definitely think I have autism. I rarely have psychotic symptoms these days. Just mainly struggle with social interactions and social anxiety mostly lately. I was diagnosed with adhd a few years ago. But I dont think I have that. I think it was a mistaken diagnoses.
Pretty sure ive spoken about this a few times on the old forum. Sorry. Its just a constant enigma trying to figure out how to function socially for me.
Hope youve been going good as of late! Thanks for sharing the article. 
My daughter has offered the opinion that it was the stress and strain of being an undiagnosed autistic child and teenager that lead to having severe mental illness. A large part of that was due to 10 years of being bullied at boarding school. From entertaining the possibility that I might be autistic to getting a diagnosis took nearly 20 years.
That was due to diagnostic overshadowing by my previous mental team in Essex. If I had stayed in Essex I would never have got the dx. Compared to others here my psychosis has been mild. On the other hand I’m more socially impaired than many here. That social impairment being congenital, rather than happening on developing a severe mental illness.
Stress is my Achilles heel. That has been greatly reduced since living near my daughter. Also being on a good footing with the mental health here has helped. That was very far from being the case in Essex.
In Essex being very intelligent but struggling with practical tasks was regarded as a ‘character defect’ .The reality? It’s a common occurrence in autistic persons. It has zilch to do with having a ‘character defect’.