Talk:Rell/@comment-2602:306:CD2B:6610:B0A5:2918:66D3:BCD1-20170921162547/@comment-192.95.68.83-20171104085819

I don't agree with you that autism isn't a disability. Speaking as someone with a fairly mild case of it, it's still been a very large obstacle in my life. Difficulties knowing what to say, what's rude, controlling emotions, and then other problems that develop from me being aware that I have this all the time. I've recently been developing what feels like social anxiety, apologizing for my behavior constantly and becoming incredibly frustrated with my lack of social skills.

If you've found a way to make peace with your Autism, I'm happy for you. To some degree I have to, we all do. But this mindset that's popping up, treating what we have like it isn't a disability, that it isn't a hinderance, just seems like it will make a lot of autistic people feel bad. When they can't socialize with people, is it really healthy for them to blame others? People like me who want to recognize it's a disability will just think, "It can't be the autism because that's not a disorder, so I must be screwing up somehow."

Maybe I'm taking it too far, but maybe you understand that. It's a well meaning view, I'm not saying anything about your intentions. But I'm perfectly comfortable saying that I have a mental disorder. I feel like I'm being more honest with myself that way.