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Do you know Autism is not a Disability because everything is actually working exactly as intended

Kevin m

Mum told you to detach, to disconnect 

And ever since then you have done exactly what your Mum told you to do

So in fact we are all just being very good children and following Mums orders 

But I stress Mum's cortex her imagination her vocal language told you nothing 

But Mums Amygdala told you to detach

So you detached

Can the order be changed ?

No

But can it be forgotten, 

With help yes temporally

Which can teach your cortex everything it needs to know to echo much more accurately 

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  • The title really resonated with me. I initially put that I was autistic on a recent application I was about to send in, but I changed it last minute...- I really wanted to tell them that I was autistic, but then as I was about to submit I reread their definition of disability (and you could only declare it as a disability) and it sounded so broken and serious and I was worried about what people would think and also didn't want to label myself as that broken. Ok yes I have been autistic for more than 12 months and it is long term and does it "impair/limit me in my normal day to day life and activities"? I mean I kindof function (well... ), it does probably affect me but it really depends on the environment etc. and this just sounded too harsh. I don't want to see myself as 'limited' or 'disabled' though I think one of the issues is maybe that there is this negative connotation about disability... Now I regret not disclosing I am autistic as I am worried I might need help later on... 

  • in reply to Ann :)

    Do you know the social model of disability?  It makes such a difference in my perspective. 

    www.scope.org.uk/.../

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  • in reply to Glitter

    I do know the social model of disability and I completely agree with it up to a point, but the problem is it doesn't work for all my traits. Social traits, sensory traits, sure. But I also have awful introception which people largely attribute to my autism, to the point that I can't really monitor my hunger or thirst appropriately. This has led to me getting very, sick several times and I need a lot of tactics and quite a lot of external assistance to appropriately manage my nutrition. And that's not external, that's entirely internal, and it is disabling. So that's where it falls apart for me