Participating in Potential Future Co-Workers' Research

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I network a lot with professionals in the field, but also love participating in various studies. However, I prefer participating in ASD research because, people doing non-ASD research tend to want only participants who are as neurologically typical as possible (i.e. no diagnoses) and I don't want to mess up people's results.

I am only a third-year student, but my research interests also lie in the ASD field. Do you think it's okay for me to participate in research done by people who I might have a chance to professionally collaborate with in the future? Could this possibly get in the way of my professional career?

P.S. I strictly want to participate in psych research because I like getting a hands-on experience of the research methods.

No, it is fine.

I am one of the data points in my own research.

I have read papers in which one or more of the authors are data points in their own research.