@ceo_of_monoeye_dating

> First, it's off-center for what's being discussed: the claim isn't "bad parenting/trauma/etc. causes autism," it's "bad parenting/trauma/etc. causes ptsd which gets misdiagnosed as autism."

fair enough

> One might reasonably ask whether or not spanking causes autism
>- I'm not sure if Boomers/Gen X simply spanked more brutally than past generations.

my guess would be 'less brutally' but ymmv

I guess it would at least be a new angle for the 'vaccines cause autism' crowd to do research on and it could be valuable there.