Hi! I'm the author of this piece, and I really appreciate the feedback I'm seeing from some folks. Thank you for helping me make this the best essay it can be, this is obviously important to me.

I see and understand that there are some other autistic folks commenting. That's awesome! You should definitely also listen to the people who disagree with me, after all that was a central theme of the article. But do try to make sure that they're disagreeing -- I see a handful of folks here angrily trying to insist that I'm saying the opposite of what I said, and I think some reflection might be helpful.

My overall point is that nobody can speak for all of us, but right now the ONLY people speaking for ANY of us are neurotypical, and that's a problem.

Thanks for the discussion! :)