[0olong]

The existence of autistic schizophrenic people seems like a problem for the hypothesis that they're opposite ends of a continuum though?

[superb-owl]

Interesting! Turns out autistic people are up to 3.55 times more likely to also have a schizophrenia diagnosis [1].

I've actually wondered something similar about myself: I exhibit some minor autistic and schizophrenic tendencies, but in different contexts. I like to think my position on the scale is more fluid than it is for others. Maybe some genes code for higher variance along the spectrum, while other genes push in one direction or the other.

[1] https://www.healthline.com/health/autism-vs-schizophrenia