>First of all, autism isn't an infection

it's being used as a rhetorical device. the implication here is that although autism isn't actually being spread per se, the environment at facebook (caused by profit motive or otherwise) causes "tone death and oblivious to basic human behavior and feelings".

>second it dehumanises people with autism when you associate them with negative connotations like not being aware of human feelings

im aware that autism exists on a spectrum, and there are high functioning autists, but isn't that at generally true?