Effort at integration

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In handbooks about the “treatment” of less severe cases of autism (Asperger particularly), I see a probably misplaced urge to integrate autistic people in some kind of “normal” social activity. Given that “normal” activity is mostly the production of crap or worse (in an entire region in my country the economy is founded in the production of weaponry), I would rather suggest that aspies and al. are given a modest but sufficient allowance to have them organize their life as they want, on the only condition that they do not harm anybody.

Apparently I lived an "integrated" life. But behind appearance there was tremendous effort and, at the end, I look at my life as a totally fraudulent life: fraudulent, strained, unhappy and sterile, like the character of Wallace's Good Old Neon

Your life is your life.

If you don't like meaningless parties or sporting games then don't go and don't pretend you want to.

Just be a good friend to those people you choose to be your friends.

Furthermore, from my own limited experience, if you have no intention/ability to make friends, at least be courteous in one's conduct and competent in one's vocation. Those can go a long way in interactions.