My naturally stronger ability for pattern recognition led me to these conclusions. I anticipate varying levels of this in potentially many more people. An autistic doctor appeared to corroborate it from a comment on Twitter.

The key is the connection to Dr Damian Milton's Double Empathy Problem Theory. That is the reason why this is happening at all. The prejudicial neglect of our actual autism support needs.

Thank you so much for responding here. It will help future readers consider if they too have similar experiences.