Some people are severely disabled by autism. Are you suggesting that we should just let them suffer?

Autism is a condition which cause is not exactly clear, but there are clearly identified symptoms "attached" to the "word/label" "autism". Which is how you define/classify/identify a word, and in this case a disease or a disability if you prefer.

May no parents with autistic children ever read your comment.

I suggest you take a closer to the definition : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism_spectrum

So what's the issue with non-verbal "autistic" people then? All those people with the same symptoms and presentation, if that's not a disease or better, a disorder, then what is it?

Saying this doesn't make you hip, woke, or cool.

Autism is clearly a "spectrum" disorder that is not fully understood or categorized yet, which is exactly why we need this type of research to reach a conclusive, testable biological basis.

To portray severely afflicted people as simply "neurodiverse" and dismiss treatment options for them, is far more bigoted than the reverse.

I don't care about being hip, woke or cool. It's just my perspective of the World. Also speaking of experience, I don't see how I have a disease for example.

In my view, it's mostly the environment provided that's at fault. E.g. social expectations. I think it's a good thing for there to be variance of the way people perceive the World.

I had a rough childhood, but I wouldn't have wanted someone to change who I am. I had a rough childhood because of the expected standards for how a person should behave or be socially.

Now as I am older, and more confident, successful and have proven that given good environment I can do amazing, I understand how ridiculous people are being with their social requirements. None of it is needed.

Also I find it quite funny how people treat labels in psychiatry as some sort of gospel or an actual thing.

How do you square that with the severe cases of autism? The people who will never be able to live independently?

There are specific challenges every person in the World faces. Deal with these specific challenges. But don't group bunch of people as autistic and then go on to call it a disease. Many of the challenges are caused by the environment or flawed social expectations.

There are also non-autistic people who aren’t able to live independently.

Absolutely, but nobody tries to dissuade people from finding a cure to most conditions that stop independent living.