There&#x27;s a disturbing trend emerging that I really don&#x27;t like, and it&#x27;s not the conventional &quot;autistic people will not make good workers&quot; argument. In fact, it&#x27;s something of an inverse:  the expectation that every autistic person you hire is going to be an idiot-savant that will have unparalleled focus and attention to detail once you hire them.<p>Autistic people are still people. They make mistakes. They&#x27;re not robots. I&#x27;m glad we&#x27;ve moved away from blacklisting them, but we&#x27;re getting to the point of fetishizing them instead. Both directions are still dehumanizing.