I’ve definitely had “kindred spirits” experiences like you described, but never tied it in with autism or other neurodiversity. I wish I did have a better sense of that sort of thing.
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“‘Why was I chosen?’ ‘Such questions cannot be answered,’ said Gandalf. ‘You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess: not for power or wisdom, at any rate. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.’”