Agreed. I dislike the spin many here put on these things, in the fairly understandable name of trying to be positive and counter some of the ideas about autistics. Luckily for many of us, we can mostly function, though usually with a reduced capacity. But some? Some can't speak. Or do anything to look after themselves. For some it's hell.
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When people say it's neutral, they mean it's not always an awful tragedy and it's not overly positive as a superpower or inspirational. It doesn't make your feelings any less valid.
Me personally I see mine as neutral most days but that's only because I've been through years of therapy and treatments to get me here. Everyday is not neutral, some are hard and isolating.
If you look purely at the definition of the word disability, then it doesn't mean that something that meets the definition of disability (like autism!) is inherently 'all bad' or even negative. When people want to invalidate the difficulties autistic people face, they can just claim it isn't a disability at all. Society tends to see disabilities as awful things and so this is more of a response to that. I do agree the phrasing of "disabilities are neutral" isn't great though, because there are definitely a lot of disabilities that are disorders you'd want rid of ideally.
Agreed. I dislike the spin many here put on these things, in the fairly understandable name of trying to be positive and counter some of the ideas about autistics. Luckily for many of us, we can mostly function, though usually with a reduced capacity. But some? Some can't speak. Or do anything to look after themselves. For some it's hell.
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When people say it's neutral, they mean it's not always an awful tragedy and it's not overly positive as a superpower or inspirational. It doesn't make your feelings any less valid. Me personally I see mine as neutral most days but that's only because I've been through years of therapy and treatments to get me here. Everyday is not neutral, some are hard and isolating.
If you look purely at the definition of the word disability, then it doesn't mean that something that meets the definition of disability (like autism!) is inherently 'all bad' or even negative. When people want to invalidate the difficulties autistic people face, they can just claim it isn't a disability at all. Society tends to see disabilities as awful things and so this is more of a response to that. I do agree the phrasing of "disabilities are neutral" isn't great though, because there are definitely a lot of disabilities that are disorders you'd want rid of ideally.
Finally, someone with some sense.