I think that having a different way of viewing problems, and learning new things, is not unusual for autistic people. It is well known, for example, that some autistic people think inside their head with pictures rather than words - Temple Grandin is probably the most famous example of this.
I have often found it very difficult to learn anything by copying other people - I have to use trial and error to work out my own way to do it, which can frustrate the person who is trying to teach me. If they show me how do to something with their hands, I simply cannot follow it, or translate it into the same motions for my hands (I have sensory issues with proprioception which may partly explain this).
As noumena said, if you get a job done to the required standard and in good time, then there is no reason that anyone should be critical of how you achieve it - everyone needs a little bit of help, or a second opinion, sometimes in their work, not just autistic people.
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