A questions about people with aspergers syndrome?

Excuse me for any ignorance about it but from what I understand its similar to autism. And that people who have it a lesser developed area of the brain and an above average developed area of the brain. So it causes them to not focus on social skills at all, and anything else they choose to focus on and ge better at they will excell at it and become superb at it? If so are there people with it who could choose to excell at making a cure for cancer? Developing time travel although it is not linear? Just imagine what people with aspergers syndrome what they could do with their minds.