Why is Autism considerd a disorder?

Because we're cats living in a world set up and run by dogs. What I mean by that, isn't that we're a different species, although we may often feel we are and the world often treats us as though we are, but that NT's seem to want to herd us into being like them and punish us for not being so.

I wonder if the world was always this split? It's easy to think life was simpler and more top down rules based than now, but I think that's an oversimplification. I wonder if there were/are societies where ASD etc are less common, not because of lack of diagnostics but because it wasn't seen as a problem, except at the extreme disability end?

I also wonder how much the preferences for "disorder" over "condition" are moral ones? Is it a hangover from ideas of some kind of divine punishment being manisfested as some kind of disability? This was quite common in mediaeval Christianity, to see any disability as punishment for sinful parents. I think it's quite common in Hinduism too to see such things as karmic.

Since neurodiversity is considered to be genetic in origin, I wonder if there are large parts of the worlds population that have very low instances of it (ie it isn't a big part of their gene pool).

The diagnostic criteria are also going to fail where cultural norms mean they are not considered an issue.

For example in some cultures making eye contact with a superior is seen as offensive or defiant so the cultural norm for those lower down societies scale would be to avoid it.

Some cultures consider solitude and lack of social activity to be fine, especially in sparsely populated places.

So in many cultures some of the traits which would be part of a diagnosis are just good manners.

I think I may go do some diffing on the distribution of neurodiversity across different population groups now - new special interest unlocked...

Since neurodiversity is considered to be genetic in origin, I wonder if there are large parts of the worlds population that have very low instances of it (ie it isn't a big part of their gene pool).

The diagnostic criteria are also going to fail where cultural norms mean they are not considered an issue.

For example in some cultures making eye contact with a superior is seen as offensive or defiant so the cultural norm for those lower down societies scale would be to avoid it.

Some cultures consider solitude and lack of social activity to be fine, especially in sparsely populated places.

So in many cultures some of the traits which would be part of a diagnosis are just good manners.

I think I may go do some diffing on the distribution of neurodiversity across different population groups now - new special interest unlocked...