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That may be what was meant, but that's not how it was written.
It was written fine. ASD is a disorder which was the first item on that list. You could make the same type of argument about disabilities (e.g. deafness) and someone pointed out that people make the same arguments in the deaf community too.
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It was written fine. ASD is a disorder which was the first item on that list. You could make the same type of argument about disabilities (e.g. deafness) and someone pointed out that people make the same arguments in the deaf community too.
Words mean things.
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I see this sentiment often, but only when it comes to autism. How is this different from other disorders, disabilities, illnesses? You could make the exact same arguments for blindness. Every day is challenging, difficulties are mostly a consequence of how we've structured society, it's other people who should accommodate those who have different needs, etc. This narrative seems to originate from, and is perpetuated…
> How is this different from other disorders, disabilities, illnesses? Not diagnosed autistic myself, but I buy into the argument that a lot of “(mental) disorders” make one allergic to the amount of subtle and less subtle daily dose of interrelational violence. Plenty of drugs exist to numb organisms. I don’t know if you’ve ever been on antidepressants or antipsychotics, but one who has might relate that that kind o…
Being autistic myself, I feel conflicted about trying to "cure autism" Every day is challenging because I have to manage my energy, mask in social situations and at work, etc On the other hand, I like who I am and I'm also very good at what I do because my brain is structured the way it is. I can imagine a society that is structured in a way, where I don't need the accommodations I'm currently dependent on If the neg…
I see this sentiment often, but only when it comes to autism. How is this different from other disorders, disabilities, illnesses? You could make the exact same arguments for blindness. Every day is challenging, difficulties are mostly a consequence of how we've structured society, it's other people who should accommodate those who have different needs, etc. This narrative seems to originate from, and is perpetuated…
The same arguments pop up when new therapies are unveiled for various sightedness disorders, hearing impairment, etc.
How _dare_ you impugn upon my identity that has been reinforced through my upbringing constantly? Etc.
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Words mean things.
And my words in no way implied that those were equal, or that autism was necessarily an illness or a disability. People often make those arguments and I'm not one of them. You're attacking a straw man.
> I see this sentiment often, but only when it comes to autism. How is this different from other disorders, disabilities, illnesses?
We have a comparative question involving a list of things, here.
Let's unroll the list and make separate comparative questions instead:
autism. How is this different from other disorders?
autism. How is this different from other disabilities?
autism. How is this different from other illnesses?
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I see this sentiment often, but only when it comes to autism. How is this different from other disorders, disabilities, illnesses? You could make the exact same arguments for blindness. Every day is challenging, difficulties are mostly a consequence of how we've structured society, it's other people who should accommodate those who have different needs, etc. This narrative seems to originate from, and is perpetuated…
It isn't unique. Deaf people fight against research to cure hearing loss and fight against people having it cured, as they say it's betraying the deaf community.
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And my words in no way implied that those were equal, or that autism was necessarily an illness or a disability. People often make those arguments and I'm not one of them. You're attacking a straw man.
sigh. > I see this sentiment often, but only when it comes to autism. How is this different from other disorders, disabilities, illnesses? We have a comparative question involving a list of things, here. Let's unroll the list and make separate comparative questions instead: autism. How is this different from other disorders? This works. Autism is a disorder. It can be compared to other disorders. autism. How is this…
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What do you mean? Population control?
Has anyone done an experiment administering rapamycin to humans to see if it slows aging? Would that experiment pass an ethics committee?
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> How is this different from other disorders, disabilities, illnesses? Part of the confusion here is that autism isn't straightforwardly a disability. A plurality of people with autism are ASD-1, which is the kind requiring the least support needs while, purely empirically speaking, conferring lots of well-documented benefits. The sort of elephant in the room in these conversations is that there are lots of replicabl…
I agree up until this point: > The idea of attempting to engineer the removal of a class of people from society-- people with unique strengths which are necessary for the functioning of that society-- has consequences that are significantly less well-understood than proponents of this idea make it out to be. I'll be the first to pick up my pitchforks at anyone who suggests non-consensual treatments. My point is that…
Does being autistic decrease your chances of finding a partner? That feels like something that should be substantiated, because although it feels logical that a deficiency in communication would lead to this, in reality I just see autistic people seeking each other explicitly or even subconsciously by being inclined toward their own traits.
I think a stronger argument is that there are more severe instances of autism that are disabling while providing few benefits of 'mild' or 'normal' autism.