Super tired, and I don't really have the energy to dedicate to having to uphold my idealism right now. But I'll give you a sloppy sandwich smattering of my thoughts.
a) Autism is super "on-trend" nowadays and people act like it's not a gamut of experiences, mindsets, qualities, etc. Brain hurts, but what I mean is we're all literal freakin' snowflakes - and we really are all different.
b) But also it's not like - an explicitly autistic trait. Nor is it so frequent that it's worth pointing out as something explicitly autistic. Because humans like to find humanistic qualities in all thing and while logic might reign supreme nowadays (in theory) we have always worshiped trees, and ships, and land and thought of them to some extent as human. And we see faces in things on the regular, because it's literally how our brains (I'd have to guess all of them - not just neurotypicals who are the main focus of 90% of studies) are wired to work. One way or the other.
c) And people do need to study minorities of all types in general more often. And people of all walks and existences are completely valid and worth the time and money. But that's also why when we go online, and post a survey, and then supposit it as the "truth" especially in a scientific form such as a journal or a study - it's absolute bullshit because your data isn't clean. But also, what are you challenging your data with? It's a fun social "science" kinda thing, but it's really bold to push a theory that isn't substantially backed up. That's why we can't say aluminum causes breast cancer, but we can say - that in a study breast cancer survivors showed to have higher concentrations of aluminum in their breast tissue to those of a similar age who had never suffered from the disease.