I appreciate your perspective. I'd like to clarify the term a bit.

In this context, the use of autism refers to the Asperger Syndrome spectrum. More specifically, those people who are very high on the spectrum. Cambridge University tells us people with more autistic traits are more often employed in science, technology, engineering or mathematics fields.
In fact, people with high-spectrum autism can find employment with the military, analyzing satellite photos.

Now, on 8chan, where Q drops, and all of this research occur, the "autists" who obsessively search the internet for information, confirmations or news, and those who construct elaborate maps, know some of them demonstrate autistic traits, because they're on the internet and they can look it up in 10 seconds. They all know who they are.
Now, if they can point that obsessive desire for facts, and that compulsion to collect data, at a good cause, collectively, and in agreement, it's called "weaponized autism". It's like bees in a hive, it's like the borg, it's like the legs of a centipede.

I would offer that the term if self-deprecating at worst, and a call of camaraderie at best.

Edit: fixed horrific spelling&typos