When high functioning autistic or Asperger's children reach 8th or 9th grade, they need mentor teachers to teach them skills such as computer programming. I had a wonderful high school science teacher who taught me to use the scientific research library. Computers are a great field because being weird is okay. I know several very successful autistic computer programmers. To make up for social deficits autistic people need to make themselves so good that they are recognized for brilliant work.
People respect talent.
They need mentors who are computer programmers, artists, draftsmen, etc. to teach them career skills. You never know where a mentor may be found. He or she may be standing in the checkout line at the supermarket. I found one of my first meat industry mentors when I met the wife of his insurance agent at a party. She struck up a conversation with me because she saw my hand embroidered western shirt.