Well, it's possible they may feel "attacked". I find that sometimes happens with me personally- but to be clear here: I'm not angry. I am what I said, taken aback.

I'm also pretty strong in my opinions and that comes across.
But I'm not like, laying down "fightin' words".

I do think that it was appropriate for the OP to ask in the ASD section about the specific situation, but they are going to get a variety of opinons, maybe ones they didn't expect, maybe ones that express hurt and all sorts of negative feelings- which, it appears to me, may be things the OP didn't really expect.

We can talk about that stuff, but these are opinions of people on the spectrum, who have actually dealt with misunderstanding and ignorance that has probably resulted in a lot of hurt and negativity in their own lives. This often happens with ignorance. But that can be rectified.

So, with that said, if the OP wants to understand and come up with the best solution to the problem, further discussion may prove to be helpful.

I think I can see possibly being overwhelmed at least initially by the responses, however.