Autistic person vs 'expert on autism'

I was unaware of this, but then not using social media I probably wouldn't be.

I'd wonder about the motivations of those trying to monetise it would make me sceptical too and I hate being told how to be, what to think, and what I "ought" to do. I think ought is a word that should be expunged from the English language, it's such a judgemental word.

I am surprised by this. I know that many autistic people have written books to try to explain what autism is like, but I wasn't aware that newly diagnosed/discovered autistic people were positioning themselves as "experts" on all matters relating to it. Is this on social media? How do we know they are actually autistic and not just pretending to be, to make money out of vulnerable people?

Can there even be an expert on all matters concerning autism? I seriously doubt that. You can know everything there is to know about autism in general, but since it really depends on the individual how exactly asd manifests itself you can’t ever really be the kind of expert that has an answer to everything. I mean, not even professionals are all-knowing.

To quote Socrates: “Ipse se nihil scire id unum sciat.” - I know that I know nothing.

My LinkedIn feed is full of such people. Maybe they do want to help but the fact that they are monetising it makes me very sceptical.