> the choice to wear a "discreet" hearing aid is increasingly seen as a symptom of internalised stigma. This tendency seems strange to me. It's a thing in disa

> the choice to wear a "discreet" hearing aid is increasingly seen as a symptom of internalised stigma. This tendency seems strange to me. It's a thing in disabled communities, but neurodivergent and LGBT communities as well. Not all of us view our autism as some kind of superpower, or want to "reclaim" words that were used to degrade us for decades. Similarly, some people may just want to avoid being stared at, hence the discrete prosthetics.