Comparison of challeged lives

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i think it's a very valid comparison for all the reasons you mentioned. however, i think one of the reasons Aspergers is more accepted/understood is simply that it has had better lobbying (or marketing if you prefer). neither are intrinsically less socially acceptable, but Asp has had a lot more political focus.

similarly, LGBT issues have made huge political gains that perhaps couldn't even have been imagined a few decades ago - to the extent that we're expected to fill in 'sexual identity' and 'gender identity' in all bureaucratic forms, which we personally find even more traumatising than 'ethnicity' but can understand it's a major achievement for many. so, perhaps if as a global community we set out to change policy, one day people might be able to respond 'plural' or 'singular' to an identity question on these forms .