A prominent autism researcher has reportedly proven she can shit on autistic women as well as any man in the field.
In a recent interview, Professor Karen Hoyland argued that women who claim to be autistic are just angling for a diagnosis, since researchers like her have made the prospect of autism so attractive.
In a gust of hot air so profound it was briefly mistaken for El Niño, Hoyland said: “Autism isn’t underdiagnosed in women, trust me – no, hey, stop checking PubMed! Stop it!”
“I think we should save the ‘autism’ label for only the people I think are disabled. Hey, you! Kid playing with the LEGO! Quick, tell me – does this triangle have feelings?”
“Telling all these perpetually-anxious Lola Young fans to kick rocks is going to help us refocus research funding on my favourite kind of autistics: the ones I can talk over.”
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