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How do you prefer to define it?

odd.avocaddo

Hi everyone, I've been doing some research about autism during a few weeks now and I developed a question.

I've read that in some places they define it as a "neurodevelopmental disorder" and others say, as for example this organization, it's "a lifelong developmental disability...".  How do you feel regarding the word disability? Do you prefer to call it a disorder or a disability? And why? Do you prefer another way of calling it? I would genuinely love to know. 

My hope is to gather information as realistic as it can be so I can start advocating for autism in the near future. Thanks to all of you. You're great humans!

 

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  • odd.avocaddo said:
    How do you feel regarding the word disability? Do you prefer to call it a disorder or a disability?

    It is both a disorder (ie it means out brains developed and didn't develop the input filters NTs have) and a disability (at least a diagnosis is primarily to give you the categorisation as disabled so you can seek help accordingly.

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  • odd.avocaddo said:
    How do you feel regarding the word disability? Do you prefer to call it a disorder or a disability?

    It is both a disorder (ie it means out brains developed and didn't develop the input filters NTs have) and a disability (at least a diagnosis is primarily to give you the categorisation as disabled so you can seek help accordingly.

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