I keep thinking about concepts in The Matrix trilogy, especially because Q mentioned it.
Quote from the Architect, the A.I. God/Devil who created the matrix:
Nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only aware of the choice at a near unconscious level.
It seems possible that autists (specifically Aspergers) are the 1% or less - 'the minority that refuse the programming' and 'threaten the system itself'.
The 1% that could survive the destruction of the illusion without a hospital. Which is why Q choose the chans "for a very specific reason." Like 'Zion' in the movie, this board is currently our refuge, home, and base of operations until the rest of the 'real world' is made right.
Is there something about the autistic brain that prevents most of the programming from taking effect? Think about all the types of mental and physical programming from birth to old age: parental, school, cultural, peer, chemical/toxic, food/gmo, mass media, electromagnetic, pharmaceutical, etc.
"You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate.
Those that refused the program, while a minority, if unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster."
https://genius.com/The-wachowskis-the-matrix-reloaded-architect-scene-annotated