Any Jewish aspies/auties?

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This is sort of a group discussion/chat for Jews on the spectrum. Let me introduce myself.

I was diagnosed with autism at 18 months. My family members and I are Ashkenazi Jews, technically Conservative, though we don't practice as much as we used to. We live in Los Angeles.

I grew up in a secular (Ashkenazi) Jewish family in NYC. However, I converted to the Baháʾí Faith when I was 14 years old. I still consider myself to be ethnically a NYC Jew (now living in the Midwest) - although I do not follow Jewish cultural practices.

Judaism is the religion that G-D made for the Aspies. It is rule oriented.

Love and sentimental slop is for the Christians.

Justice and rectitude is for the Jews.

ruveyn

I have been raised Korean and jewish but I tend to relate more to my Korean family than my jewish family for a lot of reasons.

Ethnically Jewish, but atheist. I was always agnostic growing up, and especially baffled about kids who believed in Santa. I can't stand Jewish laws, because they make no sense in this time and place. And I'm against circumcision unless you want to get one as an adult.

I have some Jewish ancestry and have been lately exploring some Jewish cultural practices with my family, but I'm more of a Christian-universalist when it comes to religion.

Raised as a reform Jew in Los Angeles. These days, my family really doesn't practice at all any more, and at this point, my beliefs have evolved to the point where to any extent I'm religious at all, its almost just for social reasons (celebrate holidays with family etc.)

I have a family name that in all likelihood is Yiddish. Family legend has it that we came to Switzerland from the East, and there still exist some very similar names in the region of Poland/Czech Republic, and all of them are Jewish. We've been Roman Catholics for at least 500 years though (ever since arriving here, maybe because Jews were only allowed to live in two particular villages in Switzerland), but I've been thinking about converting (back) to Judaism. Problem is that a) I'm more interested in cultural Judaism than in the religious aspect (though I identify more with the G-d of the Old Testament than the New), while conversion is only possible in the most orthodox of circumstances, and b) Judaism may seem too community-focused for someone with AS.

My ancestors centuries back were Jewish in faith (not race).

I have a Jewish ancestor on my maternal grandfather's side, most likely. His real father is a mystery, but he had (died in 2009) Jewish facial features. The weird thing is, he HATED Jews. His mother and stepfather were Nazis, real ones, not punk skinheads but real honest to god Nazis. I look a lot like my grandfather, and every so often somebody asks me if I'm Jewish. I explored Reform Judaism in my 20s, but ultimately decided on Buddhism. My last name is Scottish but it sounds a lot like Hebrew "kohan" (priest) so there's a lot of confusion.