The medical system has a history of mistreating marginalized groups (of which neurodiverse people are definitely an example), and there are a huge number of people who fund and perform research aimed solely at eradicating all forms of autism. Autism Speaks is one such group (which is an ironic name since the views of the organization differ greatly from those of most autistic people), and they are quite active in autism research and well-funded. As such, I do not think that giving the benefit of the doubt is reasonable. Furthermore, even if the researchers have an excellent and completely ethical view of autism, many people reading about the research will not so giving such a perspective remains valuable.

If can be easy to say that we should simply explore all avenues of research, and in an ideal world this would be true, but we do not live in an ideal world. There are two concerns with this type of research:

- it has an opportunity cost of research that might be more effective (for example medical treatments that could help with sensory hypersensitivity under an informed consent model could be a good result, or research that helps us understand what, exactly, leads allistic people to hate autistic people so much so that we can improve communication in both directions)

- it creates new abilities for those who would do eugenicist harm, even if they are well-meaning