Old comment, so maybe this isnât worth it, but: as someone diagnosed with Aspergerâs as a kid, Iâd really prefer if people didnât attribute things you donât like about people to their being autistic, in a causal manner and without providing supporting evidence. I donât mean you can never be justified in saying that a group having a high prevalence of autism explains some negative feature of their behavior as a group. But I think care should be taken here, as when dealing with any minority.
I agree peer review is good, and people should not dismiss it, and too much speculation about how smart people are can be toxic. (I probably donât avoid it as much as I should.) But thatâs kind of part of my point, not all autists track some negative stereotype of cringe Silicon Valley people, even if like most stereotypes, there is a grain of truth in it.)
late to reply, but those are fair points, thanks for pointing that out. I do need to be more careful about attribution and stereotyping. The phenomena I see which I was trying to point at is that in the push to find âthe most intelligent peopleâ they end up selecting for autistic people, who in term select more autistic people. Thereâs also a self-selection thing going onâneurotypicals donât find working with a team of autistic people very attractive, while autistic people do. Hence the lack of diversity.
Old comment, so maybe this isnât worth it, but: as someone diagnosed with Aspergerâs as a kid, Iâd really prefer if people didnât attribute things you donât like about people to their being autistic, in a causal manner and without providing supporting evidence. I donât mean you can never be justified in saying that a group having a high prevalence of autism explains some negative feature of their behavior as a group. But I think care should be taken here, as when dealing with any minority.
I agree peer review is good, and people should not dismiss it, and too much speculation about how smart people are can be toxic. (I probably donât avoid it as much as I should.) But thatâs kind of part of my point, not all autists track some negative stereotype of cringe Silicon Valley people, even if like most stereotypes, there is a grain of truth in it.)
late to reply, but those are fair points, thanks for pointing that out. I do need to be more careful about attribution and stereotyping. The phenomena I see which I was trying to point at is that in the push to find âthe most intelligent peopleâ they end up selecting for autistic people, who in term select more autistic people. Thereâs also a self-selection thing going onâneurotypicals donât find working with a team of autistic people very attractive, while autistic people do. Hence the lack of diversity.
Thanks for responding.