People like this argument, because they can then hate autistics. They could say we are inherently broken and need to be “fixed” or genocided.

Wow. You've met people offering that inference from that argument? Aaaaand my ilithiophobia strikes again. It's like hatred of left handed people all over again. Please, if you ever encounter someone with this disturbing notion, please do offer them some better sense. Please explain to them it's not a moral failing, or failing of the content of their character. Please encourage them to not be so fearful and hateful of difference. And it does not even matter what "causes" "autism". That kind of "fixing" is abusive as hell... like ABA. Genocide, too... perhaps the most dangerous form of only having one tool in the toolbox. Gotta teach these muppets more tools. Cant leave them running around with such dangerous foolishness, uneducated and unchallenged.

At this point, I only respect people who were discriminated/abused/mistreated in their childhood.

Yup. >9000 times more respect for we few worst bullied at my school. Only a couple days ago I was thinking/remembering/feeling this so very strongly, and how I'd love to reconnect with them all, to share my admiration of them, my sympathies, and perhaps most of all, my apologies for every time I did not find the courage to step in and stand up for them, and worse, any of the few times I joined in to survive.