> Or do I have it backwards, that autistic people are capable in ways the rest of us can't even imagine, and maybe we're the ones who can't adapt? https://en.w

> Or do I have it backwards, that autistic people are capable in ways the rest of us can't even imagine, and maybe we're the ones who can't adapt? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_model_of_disability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_model_of_disability You can take two people who exhibit the same symptoms, medically, and place them in different environments, and one will thrive, but the other person will suffer. You can’t draw a line and say that these people are fine but the environment is wrong, or the environment is wrong and the people are (medically) fine, but instead the line between “medical problem” and “social problem” is somewhat arbitrary and movable. The same is true for physical impairments.