#this reblogger is autistic and disabled due to heds and bi
i need people to understand that whereas theres nothing wrong with being disabled, a disability does imply a defect or damage. it means that something isnt working properly. autism is not any kind of defect or damage. nor is it caused by any kind of defect or damage.
autistic brains are functioning as they should. optimally. and are a natural variation in the same sense that any normative variation in personality is.
autism is not a disability.
autism is not a disorder.
the fact that autistic people have a harder time than others in modern society is not evidence that autism is the cause, but that modern society is flawed and has not taken us into account.
arguing that autism is a disability is equal to arguing that being transgender or gay is a disability, because it is a variation in much the same way and it negatively impacts the person with that label for much the same reasons.
Reblogging with original tags.
