See also: the phenomenon of people who have made peace with the literal voices in their heads. http://www.meltingasphalt.com/accepting-deviant-minds http://www.

See also: the phenomenon of people who have made peace with the literal voices in their heads. http://www.meltingasphalt.com/accepting-deviant-minds http://www.meltingasphalt.com/accepting-deviant-minds The disease model is a horribly leaky abstraction for behavioral and personality problems. There is a world of difference between "I have a condition, with both benefits and drawbacks, which I need to manage" and "I have a disease that needs to be treated with medication". High-functioning autism has begun to be understood as belonging more to the first camp than the second; I would hope someday that we view many more things that way as well.