Why does this mismatch exist?

Because autistic-adjacent people listen to other autistic-adjacent people instead of autistic people who know and understand what autistic people need for positive changes to autistic being.

The people focusing on the wrong things are listened to.

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This mismatch means autistic people need different things addressed to have better lives than what non-autistics want to address.

The autistic community focuses on improving our autistic
being in this world.

The autism community focuses on changing our observable behaviors.

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