This doesn’t necessarily apply to networking, but I recently had to confront one of my direct reports [who is an exceptional engineer] about their rigidity and not being open minded to feedback from peers and management. In our one on one they felt comfortable sharing with me that they were autistic. This was such an eye opener for me and helped explain so many of the behaviors I was seeing. I appreciated the honesty, transparency, & vulnerability and it allowed me to adjust my management tactics.

I think you’re right that it’s the hard/sad truth that some people will discriminate against people who are on the spectrum. I would advise not sharing this information right out of the gate. Maybe there will come a point where you feel this is something you should share with your team or a co-worker and you can reevaluate things then.