Can autism be used as an excuse for bad behaviour ?

NAS62367 said:

Or is it, to accuse an autistic person of abusing their diagnosis is in effect lack of understanding of autism?

And worse, abuse of autistic people

Without specific detail, on the face value of the question - based on the framework of the Equality Act:

It is abuse of autistic people.

It is not lack of understanding because they don't want to understand, they want you to comply ith their NT norm and to penalise you for non compliance. It is their whole point.

People claiming you are abusing your diagnosis for bad behaviour are conceptually failing to make reasonable adjustments and victimising you for disclosing a disability,both of which are discrimination.

So yes, when non disabled people victimise your disclosure and claim that adjustments are an unfair advantage and blame you for asking,

it is abusing autistic people

NAS62367 said:

Or is it, to accuse an autistic person of abusing their diagnosis is in effect lack of understanding of autism?

And worse, abuse of autistic people

Without specific detail, on the face value of the question - based on the framework of the Equality Act:

It is abuse of autistic people.

It is not lack of understanding because they don't want to understand, they want you to comply ith their NT norm and to penalise you for non compliance. It is their whole point.

People claiming you are abusing your diagnosis for bad behaviour are conceptually failing to make reasonable adjustments and victimising you for disclosing a disability,both of which are discrimination.

So yes, when non disabled people victimise your disclosure and claim that adjustments are an unfair advantage and blame you for asking,

it is abusing autistic people