Well, there's a difference.
Some people with autism who ar around Chris' age, have found a way to cope with it. Then there's Chris. He was basically raised by grandparents with no way to cope with autism (although with Sonic and MLP being outliers). Borb taught Chris with autism you can do no wrong. Then the attraction sign came in. I guess you know what happens after that. I will contend that Chris is fine with MLP being his coping mechanism, but it comes at a price of his own mental state. His narcissism does't help him in this regard. That's why for me, I do overanalyze what he does because there are times that he is self-aware, and others where it appears he's about to go off the deep end.