Via the comments, it's been retconed.

Usually id do at least another 5-15 minutes of research but I have to go to work and I thought this was funny. So Just Post it is.

Where I stole this from https://rdx.overdevs.com/comments.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FTopCharacterTropes%2Fcomments%2F1lub0ai%2Fhated_trope_that_kind_of_autistic_character%2F