| ▲ | apical_dendrite an hour ago | ||||||||||||||||
I can tell you from personal experience as a person with a physical disability that it's still very much a stigma. It's also very much possible for something to be both a stigma and an identity. In fact, the stigmatization can make the identity stronger. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Detrytus an hour ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Well, some kinds of disability still are a stigma, but here on HN neurodiversity/autism is celebrated as some kind of superpower, basically. | |||||||||||||||||
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