“Researchers measured autistic people against neurotypical expectations and called every difference a deficit. They tested empathy by measuring in-group preference and missed commitment to universal fairness. They measured creativity by counting the number of ideas and missed originality. They saw moral consistency and called it rigidity. They saw deep engagement and called it rigidity. They saw sensory richness and called it disorder.”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202601/what-the-world-got-wrong-about-autistic-people
What the World Got Wrong About Autistic People

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.

Psychology Today
@peter Society when autists ignore peer pressure, traditions and authority: "Something is wrong with these people."
@Nephrite @peter Yupp, they *hate* that they cannot keep us well under control. It's all about the control that so many of us defy.
And that is the same reason why pwASD are among the first to be targeted in fascism...