QT: If anorexics identify as underweight, is it wrong to give them weight-restoring treatment?

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[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (32 children)

Autism is not a disease, unlike cancer.

[–]CatbugMods allow rape victim blaming in this sub :) 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (31 children)

It’s a developmental disorder. I’m begging you not to try and inform me about a disorder I have.

Disorder, meaning something is functioning abnormally or not functioning. You cannot pretend that there is no difference between a person with autism and one without it. It’s nonsensical and insultingly dismissive of the challenges of living with an ASD.

Do you have anything substantial or just an endless repetition of your opinions in store?

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (30 children)

I have a learning disability, and as a result the ableist school system put me in a segregated class till high school. I do not consider it a disorder. My OCD, ADHD and depression are definitely disorders which thankfully are controlled with medication.

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Your learning disorder does not give you authority to decide that developmental disorders are not disorders.

None of your experience is an argument to stop recognising neurodevelopmental differences.

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (28 children)

The term disorder implies something is abnormal. My learning difference is not abnormal, and in my life I was disabled more due to discrimination than due to my learning difference.

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You’re mixing autism up with a learning disability. The two are different beasts entirely.

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (26 children)

A learning difference is not a beast.

I read r/autism on Reddit and some autistic people are offended by the term symptoms. They prefer the term characteristics. I share this sentiment and I am offended when people imply learning differences need to be cured or that they are a “problem”. I know most autistic people support the neurodiversity movement.

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Some people being offended does not make them neurotypical. Yes it would be great to be understood better and for differences to be better accepted but that does not change the fact that developmentally, something different from the ideal norm happened and there are varying challenges with that.

Why does the insult of these people matter but my saying I’m insulted by the dismissal of my condition as simply a mild difference does not matter? What reasoning do you have for picking and choosing who’s feelings and who’s experiences matter and who’s don’t?

You don’t know most autistic people because they aren’t on r/autism. That’s a ridiculous claim to make and cannot be backed.

Different beasts is a turn of phrase. Not a literal beast. 🙄

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (24 children)

There is nothing wrong with not being neurotypical. I don't just read r/autism, I read wrong planet, ASAN and blogs by autistic people including rhemashope, faith hope and love with autism and ido in autismland. I also have autistic friends who told me they don't want a cure. When I am not part of a group I listen to the majority of people in the group, and the majority of autistic people support neurodiversity. After all, the movement was started by autistic people. As someone with a learning difference, which is also a neurodiverse condition, I 100% agree with this sentiment. I hate when people imply learning differences or disabilities need to be cured or prevented. They don't.

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Recognising that a disorder is different from the usual developmentally is not condemnation of neuroatypical people.

Message boards do not contain the majority of autistic people. Listing more forums doesn’t make your statement factual. Many people with autism are not able to use those message boards. You are not taking into account just how severely limiting an ASD can be and are taking the opinions of a few high-functioning individuals as the one opinion like we are a hive mind. You are listening to a select group and calling it a majority incorrectly.

You are not an advocate for us all and it’s offensive that you refuse to listen to someone who actually has the disorder you’re talking about and instead try to o form me of the ‘correct’ stance about something you do not have any experience in.

You hating recognising that differences are called disorders in medical literature because it’s literally not the usual order of development is not an argument against anything. Your opinions is still not an argument against anything.

If your response is going to be another opinion instead of an argument, just don’t post it. You seem to either not understand or refuse to accept that your opinions and forum posts by hundreds or thousands out of millions of people, do not make any sort of coherent point.