As a diagnosed, high-functioning autistic and ADHD person - although I would say barely-functioning is more accurate - I know I would still struggle in society even under an advanced stage of socialism.

This is why I don't like when people say it is not a disability but merely a neurological difference, I know they mean well but it is a take that is detached from reality. I can acheive what people without my disabilities can but to get there is far harder for me, it's like I have to walk through the mud while others naturally get given their own rally car.

Anyway, I know that with the right support offered and the necessary societal reforms made, I would struggle a lot less and could actually be in a role which utilises some of my more 'unique gifts' such as strong visual memory, heightened senses, fast problem-solving, calmness under chaos e.t.c. And this will never happen under a profit driven society, capitalism will adapt to autistics but not for the benefit of autists but to better utilise them as those 'useful weirdos' in the money machine.

[–] fannin@hexbear.net 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This has been my experience too to the point where if someone came up with a working medication to turn me neurotypical I’d take it in a heartbeat. That could be internalized ableism though, I dunno.

[–] PunkMonk@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 17 hours ago

Idk I like some parts about being the way I am, I get why you feel that way though.

[–] Oskolki@hexbear.net 3 points 22 hours ago

I think what I was trying to say and how I could better put as: Disability will be viewed as "Someone functioning differently" rather than "Someone unable to function."

One accepts challenges and faces them, the other is dehumanizing people.

Every bit of life on this shared earth is able to do something valuable. To live is to struggle, struggle is not a negative word. We made it so, by separating life from work, why does a concept such as retirement exist? Does it mean that a disabled person living on welfare is is permanently retied? This causes class divisions and lays seeds for prejudice and haltered to be born. Of course they're not permanently retired, they've been denied human dignity. The only correct path out of this mess is to give equal rights to everyone, but they should be adjusted to the most vulnerable members of our society. A world where people lift each other up on a win-win principle. Even something as being someone's audience is work and artists need an audience, people benefit from each others presence, you reading this comment is work and I need someone to read this, otherwise why am I even writing it here? But people have become so alienated they make robots to work for them, a robot for writing the book, a bot for reading the book, buying the book, we're gonna go extinct if this continues and the planet will just be inhabited by a self- replicating algorithm with the only purpose to accumulate.

People will say "but what about the people who will fake it to squeeze out the most benefits?!?!" Okay and what's the problem? It's clearly visible when someone is hoarding wealth, for the sake of hoarding wealth, take it back then.

But also just to make it clear I do think my adhd is also a disability and communism won't change that. I just want to be viewed as a human being who can function in other ways.