The intersection of disability and identity has a huge number of consequences. Some of them are beneficial, in the creation of communities, support structures,

The intersection of disability and identity has a huge number of consequences. Some of them are beneficial, in the creation of communities, support structures, and the like. Some of them are harmful, like the aggressively anti-medicine activities of some communities who see the advance of science threatening the future existence of their identity. Autism is right on the edge of this phenomena, as it's a disorder that arguably isn't a disorder and its harmful effects mostly attributable to society's reaction. I would argue it still counts as a disorder in the same way a hypothetical condition which prevented someone from speaking Spanish is only harmful if the person lives in a certain type of culture (Spanish-speaking) is still a disorder.