A person with that severity of autism will never be able to consent anyway; parents or guardians should not feel an ethical concern over consenting on their beh

A person with that severity of autism will never be able to consent anyway; parents or guardians should not feel an ethical concern over consenting on their behalf for something like this. On the other end of the spectrum you have people like my child: he's got social deficits and grapples with emotions, but is in public school and (with ~$25k in therapy a year) is able to function. Under no circumstances should it be anybody's decision but his whether to have such a treatment, in my opinion.