Im autistic and have abysmal muscle memory. I can’t tie my shoes or unlock a door without looking closely. I still managed to get decent at the violin. If you enjoy a thing and really really want to learn it, and have the time and physical requirements, it’s possible. It’s also ok if being slower to learn than most others spoils it for you- that’s why I stopped taking lessons at a certain point.

I’m autistic, I think its likely true for most people (including autistic people) that they could feasibly learn to become very good at one specific thing given sufficient practice, regardless of their starting point. BUT:

Its not capability in the strictest sense that is the privilege. Its money, time, and having intrinsic pleasure from the activity.

Someone who hates playing the piano could still 100% reach the same abilities of someone who loves playing the piano. They just don’t because they don’t get any intrinsic enjoyment out of it. So the person who is wired to get intrinsic joy out of the activity also gains the extrinsic benefits of eventually becoming very good at piano and the benefits that come with that.

Not everyone gets intrinsic joy from activities that have extrinsic rewards once you get very good at them. I really enjoy video games and debate, and I’d say I’m very good at both. But almost no one gives a fuck and my extrinsic reward for being good at those things is basically nothing.

IDK about other neurological frameworks however.

With adhd you can do anything… that is fun that is. And get good at it really fast… Until it doesn’t spark joy and you suddenly drop it all to get good at something new.

Talent isn’t starting at all. Hard work is the thing that is harder for us. But talent is when you don’t have to. I seriously consider myself lucky to be talented at my job because it would have been unbearable to have a boring job, I would collapse so fast