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Thanks for posting this. More than anything I think this is a conversation starter. The issue is complex, and it does not help to pretend that any mental health

• kspacewalk2 4y ago
  >We spend so much time celebrating the "high functioning" neuro-diversives that we defocus from those that need a lot more help. That's exactly the point DeBoer made on a podcast I listen to (forget which). All these very vocal and highly visible autism advocates with basically social awkwardness as the only externally visible symptom, while rightly wanting to combat stigma associated with their condition, also end up distorting the perception of just how debilitating and devastating the disorder can be. The severely autistic people who require lifelong round the clock care don't write books or go on podcasts. So when someone rails against the disorder "label" and wants us to see mental illness as "neurodivergence", people think of the mild cases they've been exposed to in the media and go "yeah, makes sense, it's just basically quirkiness or a different, equally valid perception of reality". But no, it isn't.