There is no reason to look into this, other than to perpetuate the fraud.
Autism is a very sensitive issue, as the vast majority of those impacted are parents who are simply seeking solutions or answers. From what I've heard and read, we don't have many concise, bumper-sticker-length responses
The Fraud
This kind of situation is ripe for snake-oil salesmen, as desperate parents may throw piles of money at the possibility that this shyster might be right. This is what we need to keep an eye on.
Sadly, politicians have decided to jump in here and 'just asking questions' is definitely making matters worse (because they don't want a solution, they just want votes so they can have power)
We should demand evidence backed by rigorous testing, studies, and research.
At the same time, it's just hubris to think that we know all scientific facts in 2025. Just consider the things we thought were good ideas 50-100 years ago.
but if we go into studies with the presupposition that being on the spectrum is bad we could enable ghastly policies to stamp out “imperfect or differing life.”
You are not wrong and this is the worst possible way to do science
I hope we keep our humanity on this topic, but I feel like we won't, and corporations will be looking at the P&L more than ethics
There are some who are completely disabled from the impacts of Autism and it's not an insignificant number
I would hope that at some point we are able to mitigate issues for people who suffer with these extreme conditions
whether this stems from something environmental or genetic...that is really key here
or could be both, it's environmental to the parent that has an impact on the genes passed to their children
and maybe it's neither and just a case of natural selection/gene mutation?
we just don't know, (and if we do, can someone point me to the research, I'm more than happy to be proven wrong)
