Washington Post pro neurodiversity article

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Whitney is part of a growing movement of autistic adults who are finding a sense of community, identity and purpose in a diagnosis that most people greet with dread. These “neurodiversity” activists contend that autism — and other brain afflictions such as dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — ought to be treated not as a scourge to be eradicated but rather as a difference to be understood and accepted.
The movement is not new. But it has gained a foothold in the cultural mainstream as the discredited debate over autism-causing vaccines has subsided and the voices of autistic adults have emerged, amplified by social media and the blogosphere

Whatever you do, don't read the comments below the article. They prove the adage that comments section are the armpit of the Internet. Posting there is one of our "favorites", Lenny Schafer, telling us how broken we are, over and over again.

Whatever you do, don't read the comments below the article. They prove the adage that comments section are the armpit of the Internet. Posting there is one of our "favorites", Lenny Schafer, telling us how broken we are, over and over again.

Couldn't see any of Lenny's comments...
There is a "report" button...
Probably removed...

Pity...
I was going to have fun with the funny neurotypical...