I hate to warrant bad faith arguments, but setting that aside, the question here is whether disability provides a get out jail free card for harming others. (Granting for a moment that microaggressions etc. constitute real harms, which some like @zenpundit will probably dispute.)
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Replying to @nils_gilman @vgr and
The point of the doctor’s note is (a) it provides a basis for the teacher to explain: “This behavior that would be intentionally harmful coming from a neurotypical, in this case means something else; so don’t be offended or alienated but empathize with her disability” & (b)…
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Replying to @nils_gilman @vgr and
and (b) that it smokes out the assholes who are attempting to use the legitimate challenges of the neurodiverse as cover for their assholery
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Replying to @nils_gilman @vgr and
Sure, but the whole point of it was that this applies _not only_ to people who have particular diagnoses in the DSM, especially those who /did/ in the past, or those who could easily eliminate the disorders with a treatment...
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Replying to @androgynandre @vgr and
Honestly, the whole premise of this discussion looks to me like an attempt by disabled-masquerading neurotypical trolls to get POC to compete with disabled folks in some sort of victimization gladiatorial. It’s gross and should be called out as bad faith.
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Both norms can hurt if the original judgment call turns out to be wrong. I’ve used both norms and been wrong and right with both. Don’t let statistics of friendly fire unduly mess up your norm selection. Accept >0 error rate.
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