The main consequence of the majority of autism research being led by allistic scientists is that none of the questions we actually want answered will get answered.
Why do so many of us have gastrointestinal issues and food allergies?
What do normal brains vs brains with sensory processing issues look like via brain scans?
Etc etc
But noooooo, instead we have 800 fucking dehumanizing studies about the “cause of autism” and “autistic people have emotions apparently????”
I’d also say that we need more autistic scientists, but that would also require my rant about how academia discourages and alienates autistic people and others who don’t fit into a certain metaphorical box, despite science being ABOUT THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
Serotonin controls smooth muscle movement. That's your gut and your butt and why every mood disorder comes with indigestion.
Do you actually have food allergies or is that just not one of your safe foods?
Alright, so you have an actual allergy. Is it actually more likely that you do than a random person or are a lot of autistic people just calling personal intolerances allergies?
You mean map them out like this?
Again I'd like to mention to my fellow autistics that it's a spectrum and if you can be on the Internet and debate these things you're on the shallow end of the pool while some people are drowning in it.
It's totally understandable and probably a good thing that autism moms with 30 year old completely non verbal kids (that need locked inside at night so they don't walk into traffic) to want some sort of treatment or cure.
