The main consequence of the majority of autism research being led by allistic scientists is that none of the questions we actually want answered will get answered.
Why do so many of us have gastrointestinal issues and food allergies?
What do normal brains vs brains with sensory processing issues look like via brain scans?
Etc etc
But noooooo, instead we have 800 fucking dehumanizing studies about the “cause of autism” and “autistic people have emotions apparently????”
I’d also say that we need more autistic scientists, but that would also require my rant about how academia discourages and alienates autistic people and others who don’t fit into a certain metaphorical box, despite science being ABOUT THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.