I suppose that Prof. Baron-Cohen had some sort of ...

I suppose that Prof. Baron-Cohen had some sort of pro-neurodiversity views long before he started his research on autism, as a result of having a sister disabled by severe and irreversible brain damage.
Surely, he doesn't care for her, she lives in an institution where he cannot protect her if she is abused, but I guess that for him the quest to cure a mental disability would imply cancelling his sister.