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 “the most intelligent people” they end up selecting for autistic people, who in term select more autistic people. There’s also a self-selection thing going on—neurotypicals don’t find working with a team of autistic people very attractive, while autistic people do. Hence the lack of diversity.
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 “the most intelligent people” they end up selecting for autistic people, who in term select more autistic people. There’s also a self-selection thing going on—neurotypicals don’t find working with a team of autistic people very attractive, while autistic people do. Hence the lack of diversity.
Thanks for responding.