The two groups are WAY different from one another socially, but the difference isn't in their level of specialty interest-- it is instead in the level of adaptability to conversation. The gifties can give proper social signals in response to boring drivel that they could care less about, and refrain from discussing the stuff that they are actually interested in... and the Aspies (mostly) cannot.
It took me some time to figure out that the best approach in the law firm world was just to keep my mouth shut.
