In the past few decades the number of people diagnosed with autism has increased dramatically. This is a very concerning development. It is concerning bickers it is fundamentally unethical and irresponsible to allow autistic people to partake in society and to communicate with others. Anybody who has ever dealt with an autistic person understands that the presence of an autist is burdensome and detrimental to its surroundings in any social context. Imagine any social gathering or event, such as spending time with your friends. Any such social gathering is not enjoyable when an autist is present. Despite there being many different forms of autism that articulate themselves in different ways (high functioning, low functioning and such), all of these have in common that they are a profound source of displeasure and discomfort to those who surround the patient. Autism is a unique disorder in that the people surrounding the patient suffer from it rather than the patient itself. When confronted with this basic fact, autists or their advocates will attempt to rebut by pointing to the importance of 'tolerance'. They say, you need to tolerate the autist and his annoying antics or else you're a bad person. But does it make you a bad person to simply not want your every day ruined by autists? Even if an autist is tolerated by others, that is merely a concious effort on their part to not slap the autist in the face and tell it to piss off. Subconsciously, you still rather want it to go away. I have attached a graphic showing the three levels of 'functionality' in autists. You will notice that all three levels, in some way, require support. This is support which autists like to pretend they are entitled to, even when they give absolutely nothing in return for receiving this support. If there were competent and responsible people in charge of policy who can see the gravity of this issue, there would have been measures to contain autists and prevent them from participating in society. Unless there is a cure for this terrible disease, which is a societal disease, a good thing to do for the state would be to employ measures of containment such as incarceration in mental facilities. However this is still not a perfect solution. An autist will always be a burden upon society, even if such measures are employed. Hence, the only conclusion is that euthanasia is the most optimal way to reduce this burden permanently. The autist, no matter how "high functioning" it may seem, is never equivalent in personal value to a non-autist. The society, if it wants to flourish, has no choice but to recognize this reality.