Probably. It's a fool's errand and the term's long since become its own thing online. I don't bother with the autism community anymore since social justice subverted it but I'm sure my opinion would be in the minority if I were still involved.

Personally, it doesn't bug me when I see it. In general, words are just that, words, and they only have as much power as you give them. Not only that, but when I see someone use "autist" online, I don't really see it as them taking a cheap shot at autistic peoples' expense. It's less that and more something you'd use to describe another person online who is freaking out and having a fit over something not worth freaking out about; someone who is acting really obnoxiously; or what have you.

I see it similar to how "idiot" used to be a technical, medical term for someone with mental retardation but today everyone and their grandmother uses it to describe anyone acting stupidly.

That being said, I don't think my word on autism has any greater weight than any other person insofar as it relates to things outside of my own personal experience—a psychologist specializing in ASDs, say, would be able to tell you a lot more about it than I can—so don't take this as gospel from The Book of Autististics, but that's my take on the word. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯