Funny joke, but also actually true. Autistic people have much higher rates of food allergies than the general public. Especially non IGE type allergies which have very delayed reactions and the primary symptoms are GI related. Non ige allergies don't show up on allergy pin prick or blood tests. They are often undiagnosed for years or misdiagnosed as IBS, Crohn's or other GI disorders.
There is a question of correlation or causation with the allergies. My autism symptoms are worse if I've made a mistake with my food, which I think causes that question. My autism symptoms never go away no matter how clean I eat so I don't think the allergy is the cause. My guess is an unknown single mechanism is behind both. Traditional medicine is happy to label us as genetically inferior and just write it off like that rather than look for a causal link. I'm not inferior, I'm just different. Better at some things and worse at others than an average neurotypical.
As an aside, I only typically here people use "autists" if they are an asshole. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now.
Psychology has made such a mess of autism and ADHD diagnosis and clearly failed both groups. Most people just call themselves neurodivergent now. That doesn't come with the baggage of symptom assumptions that are false because we vary so much. You are forced to get to know the individual instead. Almost like we're regular humans that way.
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