Woman agrees to cuddle instead of hookup after breakup

So I’m talking to a woman(20F) who’s currently in a relationship. She admitted that she had feelings for me(22M) in the past, but due to a misunderstanding she had that I didn’t like her she moved on. So fast forward a few months, she’s in a relationship with a new man that’s likely to end soon. So has hooked up with other men in the past while she’s single.

I was complaining to her it’s hard for me to date as I’m an autistic man and some women don’t like. So she felt bad, and told me it’s okay if we cuddle if she’s broken up with her boyfriend. We’re close friends and she’s expressed that she would love for us to hangout and be in her main friend group.

However she said kissing is not permitted or sex in that matter. While she had hookups with other guys like only making out with other men and I’m wondering a couple of things. Some people would argue cuddling is more intimate than sex, and it’s something she rarely does we do have an emotional connection.

Is just that I know she has the right to do whatever with her body and entitled to do whatever, but she knows I’d rather prefer kissing or something more. She has never had sex or cuddle someone she hooked up with, so I’d be the first one.

She’s likes to only reserve sex in relationships, but there is a couple of questions I have.

1. Is like making out or cuddling is more intimate?

2. Do yall think it might lead to something more serious like possibly dating afterwards

3. In your guys opinion, should I go for it or decline it?