I'm not saying these 3 linked issues are caused by childhood trauma, but that they are diagnosed because of the overlap of symptoms.

This is vaguely among experts (for autism and emotional instability): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11724683

This is not ruling out a causal link in the opposite direction, that autism increases vulnerability to traumata.

And while researching case reports on child abuse, i couldn't help to notice that many cases do - indeed - start with an autism diagnosis and only escalate later, example: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11886450/

While its true that parents don't cause autism... they can surely cause the diagnosis. Extra bad because it delays appropriate treatment.

I mean at this point we should just grab the first person to post an "it's not environmental" comment and find out who he works for.