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Social status of autistic people and discrimination

People on the autism spectrum, like other neurodiverse populations, generally have a lower social status than neurotypical people and face discrimination. Although data on autism and suicide varies widely, one Swedish study found that autistic people are 10 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, and that autistic women are especially vulnerable.

Autistic adults are much more likely to be unemployed than neurotypical adults; 85 percent of autistic Americans with college degrees are unemployed. Autistic adults also suffer a pay gap compared to non-autistic adults and other groups with disabilities; the average wage for autistic workers in the United States according to an early 2010s study was $8.10 an hour.

Autistic children are more likely to suffer abuse by adults than non-autistic children. There have been many cases of children with autism being murdered by their parents in the media. An Autism Inpatient Collection study found that one in four autistic youth admitted to psychiatric care that they studied had suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse. A Swedish study of twins found the autistic women in their study were three times more likely than average to have suffered child sexual abuse.

A Scientific Reports study found that neurotypical people judged autistic people less favorably than non-autistic people on 7 out of 10 categories and were less likely to want to interact with them.

Until recently, people with autism and Asperger's syndrome were not allowed to join the British military, although in recent years rules have been relaxed.

Many autistic people, particularly ones considered "low-functioning" were likely murdered in the early stages of The Holocaust. In 2018 it was discovered that Hans Asperger, whom Asperger's syndrome is named after, sent several of his child patients to be euthanized in Action T4, despite protecting the children he considered "intelligent".