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IMO it's a disability

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I do get the impression that some like what are seen as the 'positive ' parts of being an autistic person enough to want the dx, but are vehemently against any suggestion they're disabled.I'm not in that category. I have absolutely no doubt that I'm disabled. I' m not this high achieving autistic superperson. Not because I'm totally  stupid. High range IQ test scores show that that isn't true. However there is a significant adaptive functioning < IQ gap.
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  • I'm in exactly the same boat.

    However, I've achieved enough in life compared to my non-autistic peers, to suggest that although what I have appears to be a huge disability in this modern social world, it is in fact more of a difference, than an actual disabilty per-se.

    The problem, as I currently see it, is that what most people call "achievement" is not a solo effort and it needs a supporting cast of uncreditted people which Autists do not often have available to them. .

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  • I'm in exactly the same boat.

    However, I've achieved enough in life compared to my non-autistic peers, to suggest that although what I have appears to be a huge disability in this modern social world, it is in fact more of a difference, than an actual disabilty per-se.

    The problem, as I currently see it, is that what most people call "achievement" is not a solo effort and it needs a supporting cast of uncreditted people which Autists do not often have available to them. .

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