While several scholars have argued that the rise of the internet has allowed an autistic culture to emerge over the past two decades, the question of whether people with autism or, as some members of this group refer to themselves, ‘autists’, are legally entitled to their own cultural rights has not been investigated. This article fills part of this lacuna by considering whether such entitlements exist from the perspective of human rights law. I start by showing that, insofar as (some) autists have their own culture(s), they are likely to be entitled to cultural rights under existing human rights treaties, before arguing that the absence of evidence that their beliefs, values, and behaviors are significantly shaped by distinct social norms renders it unclear whether they do in fact have their own culture(s). However, I end by arguing that, in terms of autists’ entitlements from a human rights perspective, little seems to depend on this.

虽然有几位学者认为，在过去的 20 年里，互联网的兴起使自闭症文化得以出现，但自闭症患者或该群体中的一些成员自称的“自闭症患者”是否在法律上享有合法权利？对他们自己的文化权利没有进行调查。本文通过从人权法的角度考虑是否存在此类权利来填补这一空白。我首先表明，就（某些）自闭症患者有自己的文化而言，他们很可能有权根据现有的人权条约享有文化权利，然后再论证缺乏证据表明他们的信仰、价值观和行为受不同社会规范的显着影响，因此不清楚他们是否确实拥有自己的文化。然而，我最后要论证的是，