How to talk about autism respectfully

Re:How to talk about autism respectfully by neltnerb on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @06:19PM (#29731418)

Wow, this is amazingly well written. I have a disability (but not autism) and can't help but be like... well, yeah, unquestionably correct.

I would go out on a fairly safe limb and say that this problem generalizes to most disabilities pretty well. Even in the way that I use the word "disability" there with the same caution and intent of the author, it's more complicated than that. But also in some ways more general I suspect.

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Re:How to talk about autism respectfully by NotVerstappen on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @07:12PM (#29731841)

While I agree that there is some potentially useful insight buried in here, I disagree stongly on "amazingly well written" - the signal-to-noise ratio was dreadful.

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Re:How to talk about autism respectfully by mbilokonsky on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @08:32PM (#29732466)

Thank you so much, I agree with you. That's why I started with disability as the first subject -- because "Nothing About Us Without Us" isn't just about Autism, it comes from the disabled community in general.

It's 100% true that a lot of what I've written generalizes to many other disabilities.

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