Yeah, I've been thinking that, too.

I think there are a lot of geneticists/ neurologists/ gastroenterologists who just consider how they could get any research funded, and then turn to autism, look up the criteria in the DSM and copy-paste from the introductions of other articles from their field.

It's uninformed and uninspired, and that way they only ever come up with projects to "causes" and "cures".

But I think they could be able to do meaningful research in their fields if they started to listen to the experiences of autistic people.