@obrerx @actuallyautistic No, I’m not a disorder neither in English or French (disorder = trouble). In my birth country it’s Trouble du spectre autistique or TSA (ASD) so Autism Spectrum Disorder.
(I chose to identify myself as autistic but my choice is not respected and people keep using this term when answering to me, but I’m disgressing).
@adelinej @obrerx @actuallyautistic
If we stick to DSM5 it’s baked into the definition that we have significant problems, so “disorder” fits.But that ignores/falsely pathologizes potentially positive traits. & drives an arbitrary wedge between those currently getting by, and those currently struggling.
I prefer a wide view of autism as a spiky cognitive profile with a mixed & changeable bag of traits: good, bad or simply different. “Condition” works for that as it’s neutral as to joy/pain.
