cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12320962
Neurotypicals, what do autistic people look like to you?
Trying to get an idea of how NTs see us. I know that when I see autistic people, I see someone that’s like me. Obviously, that’s not how NTs perceive us, so what do we look like to yall??
Really? Wow, it’s news to me. How long ago was this?
I’m not positive but I believe it’s only been in the last couple of years. Personally I feel like it isn’t a particularly useful term update though because it is linked to perceived functionality anyway.
I imagine that “high-functioning” and “low-functioning” are super easy to tie to one’s usefulness in society, whereas support is more tied to an investment that has to be made into a person. The former says how valuable someone is and the latter doesn’t.