Hi, I have autism and can tell you that it isn’t a “get out of social repercussions for free” card. The comment was still rude and still deserved a call-out, even if the commenter had autism.

Maybe don’t use a hypothetical person with a disability to defend your take on a situation.

And again, the word assault here doesn’t apply. They were rude, they got that energy back. It’s not hard to understand.