studying (ASD vs NT)

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Do people with ASD need more focus quality from the beginning than people with NT need when learnig something?
I've heard people say this and wonder what you think.
Some say people with NT can skip some of the fundamentals and learn it later on (although it might be bad to do so).
Some say that too much focus on quality is bad for people with ASD as we can get stuck in certain details and become perfectionistic.

this probably varies greatly with any given individual, NT or ASD.

I certainly get hung up when I notice a detail that's not quite right. I've tried forcing myself to ignore it, but that hasn't worked very well, for some reason. Maybe it's worked a little bit - to some extent I can say "well let's ignore that anomaly and see what's next," and I suppose that's better than being completely stuck at the anomaly. But it never feels right, and it nags at me to fix it.

Ideally, if I were to study a subject, I'd like a very patient teacher, one-on-one of course, who I could stop every time they said something that wasn't clear to me. Then I could keep asking questions until the block was cleared, then we could move on. And of course I'd need to dictate the pace of the teaching, because it often takes a while for new concepts to sink in, so it's senseless to plough on before that's happened, or I'll just get hopelessly lost and confused.

Studying has always been hard for me, especially when studying on my own, although if I studied with other people I'll just be playing about or talking instead of studying.

I did poorly in my end of school exams because I found it hard to buckle down and study. My mum often said "you shouldn't be playing computer games, you should be studying for your exams!" But how do you actually study things you're not interested in?

English was the easiest to study but math and science were so BORING.

I have trouble with focus.

I hardly ever took notes in college, unless the material required one to memorize it verbatim (e.g., what occurs in anatomy courses). I was able to get the general idea of concepts, without memorizing the concepts verbatim. I would, instead, make up my own words to explain the concept.

Usually, I was able to get by knowing the "general gist" of concepts. Sort of like Cliff Notes, in a way (though I never used Cliff Notes).

I obtained a 3.8 GPA in college by just really seeking to memorize things verbatim only when it was absolutely necessary. Study what I don't know, and don't bother with what I do know.

My main problem is that I'm a slow reader, and that I cannot skim through texts.
I read all words, letter by letter, which makes me a tremendous proof reader, but for most subjects a terrible student.

/Mats