some autistics are more negative than others
some neurotypicals are more negative than others
i tend to be biased toward the negative, and i am autistic.
for a long time, i had zero jobs. before job interviews, neurotypicals sometimes said things like "if you get the job" and "good luck."
n = 1 is not a representative sample
not a controlled experiment
you can't measure positivity
besides, what is realistic or reasonable is different in every situation. what is reasonable is subjective.
for me (n = 1), it seems like i have had a much harder time getting jobs, and not getting made redundant, than neurotypicals. on the other hand, there are many factors that are different in the situations, not just autism.
pattern recognition