Philosophy personal statement - no extra curricular interests (autism)

[Doraemon]

My son is on the autistic spectrum and has been struggling with mental health for some time. He is applying for philosophy and is uber-stressed about his personal statement as he has no extra-curricular activities (unless playing historical strategy games on his PC counts) and no part-time job. He is hopefully starting a bit of volunteering next month, and has been doing extra reading related to his subject, been to the odd lecture and completed a MOOC course.
My impression (I was once an academic but that was pre-children so my knowledge is out of date) is that admissions will be most concerned about his interest in and aptitude for the subject, rather than the extracurricular stuff. He is convinced however that no one will offer him a place.
Would be very interested to hear from anyone with insight into philosophy admissions/admissions more generally for students with ASD, in the hope of being able to offer him some reassurance that his life is not about to be ruined.

Son has just completed a philosophy degree, and now doing a PhD. He is also autistic. Has zero extra curriculars, and this has not been a problem all the way through!

Historical strategy is a perfectly good interest

Thank you both that is reassuring. I am actually quite impressed with the level of complexity of some of his gaming, not to mention his knowledge of medieval Europe.... he will be a great asset to a quiz team one day!

DS, no SEND or other issues, had been told that extra curricular are largely irrelevant. Admissions are interested in grades and only look at extra curriculars as a tie break between two otherwise equally qualified candidates. As your DS has autism, as I understand the process, this will put him ahead on points over another candidate with the same grades in any case

I’m a course leader, I don’t normally even see the personal statement unless the applicant’s suitability for the course is being questioned (eg if they don’t quite have the grades, but are a mature student with some relevant experience).
If I was assessing someone on their personal statement I’d love someone into historical strategy games as it demonstrates strong reasoning and critical thinking.

@Doraemon
Some universities use the whole PS as a tie breaker. Not extra curricular within it. Some universities do not consider the PS for all students. The most competitive ones do. Check who looks at it and weights it. If they don’t give this info, it might not be looked at. It’s not worth worrying over as long as he can say why he wants the course and why he’s suitable for it.

Thank you for all the replies - I have passed them on to DS to hopefully help give him a bit of a clearer perspective on the whole thing. Off to another open day on Saturday for a uni with lower standard offer than the other ones he has seen, so fingers crossed he likes it as I think that will also remove a bit of the stress.