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Re:Disclosure of autism at work holds risks and benefits by chimeracoder on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @11:54AM (#18025109)
> The modern discussion whether it's a mental illness or not is just tiptoeing around the issue for non-medical concerns.

It's not; there's actually a medical difference between "mental illness" and "disability".

Re:Disclosure of autism at work holds risks and benefits by pmiller2 on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @12:24PM (#18025363)
In the sense that they’re different things that can overlap, sure. A disability is any condition (including mental or neurological disorders) that causes significant impairment in one or more activities of daily living. A mental illness is simply a condition that is best dealt with by psychotherapy or other psychiatric treatments. One can be significantly disabled by a mental illness or not.