>>11517979My guess is that their goal is to raise awareness of autism and over-exaggerate it.
That's how they will raise the most money.
Even if there were a cure, I don't think they would pursue it.
It is the existence of the problem that allows them to raise money.
If the problem was gone, their business model would collapse.
There is more money in paying "researchers" to support the most expensive and ineffective lifelong "treatment".
The harshness of the cost of such treatment could be used as extra emotional leverage to squeeze money out of donors.
There is also more money in paying "experts" to expand the diagnostic criteria to make the problem look bigger than it really is.
The exaggerated prevalence of the condition could also be used as emotional leverage to raise more money.
Most charities have similar misaligned incentives btw.
