How to talk about autism respectfully

Re:How to talk about autism respectfully by CoastalCoder on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @07:49PM (#29732156)

> There is no "us" in the sense that we have something in common which distingushes us from all neurotypical people.

Would you mind expanding on that a bit?

I'm probably misunderstanding, but it seems to me that by definition an attribute like "on the Asperger spectrum" is the kind of partitioning you're saying doesn't exist.

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Re:How to talk about autism respectfully by harryruhr on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @08:36PM (#29732492)

Of course there is the autism spectrum. But it is a spectrum, it is not something that goes from mild to severe or where people have every symptom on the list in a certain degree. The spectrum is diverse - so it is wrong to make any general assumption about it.

(Note: I am not talking about "autism spectrum disorder" diagnosis according to DSM V or ICD-11. These diagnoses have a defined set of required symptoms. But the spectrum is far bigger than that).

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