Autism has its own #ThreeBodyProblem.
The DSM-5’s autism severity levels claim to clarify support needs but operate as a clinical caste system.
Level 2 ASD ‘validated’ me, but why must we rank human needs?
Severity levels feed #NDIS exclusion and systemic #ableist bias.
One shrink said I was ‘faking’; the system says I’m ‘not impaired enough.’
Time to incinerate the hierarchies 🔥
#ActuallyAutistic #Advocacy #Neurodiversity #Education #DisabledBySociety
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