if autism a mental disorder

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wouldnt that mean that the brain does control you in some way?

Okay, First of All, All brains control you, for you are your brain.. No, Autism is only a thing, because Allism is dominate.

Autism is a Developmental Neurological Disorder, Mental Disorders are more of a problem with the process of how people interpret the world around them. Autism affects the way the brain is wired-the physical brain is abnormal.

Mental Disorders develop over time and some people gave a genetic predisposition to develop it or it can be a chemical imbalance in the brain. Im pretty Sure Schizophrenia is defined as a mental disorder because it develops later in life or like Personality Disorders.

Autism would be similar to Downs Syndrome, Fetal alchohol Syndrome, Williams Syndrome however still differs due to the fact that Autism has NO physical attributes.

I could be wrong though.

It is called a developmental disorder - not a mental.
As long as you´re functional - it´s more of a difference.
If you can´t keep a job because of it, it will begin to look like a disorder.
If you are severely autistic with many dysfunctions, you will be handicapped.

Yet again: Any psychological type is like a spectrum with a healthy and a severe side.

My brain controls me in the way it releases hormones without my permission, like if I get cravings its not in my control its my brain controlling it. Like most of my childhood, and teenage years, I couldn't control my sleep-cycle, my brain wanted to sleep during the day and stay awake during the night, controlling my voice, having an explosion of emotion in one place and then having it all go away instantly, whether or not this happened because of my [mental;developmental;psychological] disorder, cause and effect are still the same.

I still feel that my brain is making me do things that I don't want to, like making choices for me that i've yet to make, like budgeting decisions, managing my money and all the things that are important. OCD is something that can be compared because some repetitive actions I do day-to-day I just can't help, some things I feel I need to do but are unnecessary like making sure things are clean (not everything, as my bedroom is the opposite of tidy).