đ€ okay, let's do this. I know this thread started about autism, but I think thia is a good example of how neurodivergence serves a purpose in the wider reality of life, and it's just our ignorance and lack of scientific discovery that make us think these things are disabilities.
So, the reason dyslexic people are found in fewer numbers in countries with different writing systems is technically a myth. They are still there. The reason it is so highly diagnosed in English-speaking countries is because English has a terrible writing system. We reuse a ton of letters. n and u are the same letter, depending on how you were taught to write, w and m are the same letter. And the worst offender in the whole language is the letter d b p q. These really are not different shapes, just different orientations. How does this applies to dyslexia, you ask? Dyslexia is a nuerodivergence in visual perception. The majority of people see information and process it in a linear fashion, starting at the beginning of a line and following through till it ends. Dyslexics process information in a 3D way, backwards, forwards, top to bottom. Every time they look at something. So when they see dbqp on the page, they're brains go, why are there four identical shapes on this page? It massively amplifies the difficulty in reading. But in languages like Japanese or Chinese you have characters like ç§ and ć, very dissimilar in visual appearance. Its much harder to get that confused.
Now for the super power. Dyslexic have a higher tendency to enter into the trades, working in jobs that require geometry and 3D thinking, the work as carpenters and welders, and even as engineers and architects, because dyslexia isn't a disability, it's a variation in brain function that does have useful properties, it just makes our ill-thought writing system problematic.
Now the tie-in, our world, our modern world, obviously needs autistic people, it needs that kind of focus to achieve tasks that nobody else wants to or can care about. Autistic hyper-focus has brought us leaps in the sciences, in math and computer systems. It has enriched the world with so much. Dyslexia has built us homes and workplaces, and massive structures that are artwork in and of themselves, like museums and skyscrapers.
What I'm getting at, in the end, is people like us, (I'm dyslexic and ADHD), we have always been there, and we've changed the world for the better, even if others can't see us there, helping things to grow. Always remember, you may think different then others, but that is not a bad thing. Its something the world needs.