Be honest, do you think people with autism or Asperger’s syndrome less likely to get married? [I Live With Autism]

Well I don’t know about everyone but I think so because I don’t think anyone’s gonna wanna deal with people like us. I’m not saying it’s never going to happen but I feel like for me it won’t happen. No man wants to date a woman with autism or Asperger’s Syndrome like me. My siblings are married with kids and they don’t have a disability. Face it, no man will wanna be married to an autistic woman. 😔😞
I think I’m more likely to be single until I die.

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FCNantes · 22-25, M

Yes. I'd imagine the statistics (flawed as they may be) back this up.

However:

"“I actually think there’s an argument that autistic women are really great when married to neurotypical men,” says Laura James, the author of Odd Girl Out, a memoir about being diagnosed with ASD in her 40s, and an ambassador for the National Autistic Society. “Men in relationships often say: ‘I don’t know what my wife wants me to say’ or ‘If I upset her, she says everything is fine when I know it’s not.’ Autistic women tend to be – although I can’t speak for everyone – quite straightforward and honest. When I was in the dating stage of my life, if I fancied someone, I’d tell them, whereas everybody else was playing games.” Equally, she says, she isn’t offended by her neurotypical husband’s straight talking."

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jul/29/it-has-been-totally-positive-the-couples-brought-together-by-an-autism-diagnosis

I've a very different perspective on dating than you (& the vast majority of people) have. I want to keep my standards at a certain level, no matter how they affect my chances. This helps explain why I've never kissed or gone on a date (the pandemic hasn't helped, as I'm not willing to go on dates as things stand. I could go on virtual dates, but that'd entail lowering my standards). I don't think there're many women out there who I'd have a positive relationship with, but I've a mentality of I could meet her 1 day. & if I don't, that's fine.

What'd really bother me'd be having no prospects for a relationship in the medium-to-long-term.

I doubt this's the case for you.