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Replying here to link -> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdew81wd2y8o

Which is specifically addressing what seems to be a massive and current/active struggle in the healthcare and scientific communities in terms of reconciling the vastly different experiences of people with autism who are (a) largely/entirely independent, but with genuine additional and often significant struggles, and (b) people who will never lead independent "normal" lives.

There is not an answer - there is friction and argument and emotion, and I suppose we are all waiting for things to run a course and maybe we will end up with alternative terms and sub-groups, in a few more decades of course...

Would enjoy hearing your take on it SubiculumCode!


No it doesn't. It comes from the Queen saying "We are not amused" to mean "I specifically am not amused".


It has other uses. But the point is that saying "we" when one is not, in fact, a sovereign, is extremely pretentious.


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