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[quote=Anonymous]You could logically argue that profound dyslexia isn't a disability.  After all, humans used to exist with the vast majority of people completely illiterate.  Universal literacy is really a very modern invention.  But reading has been defined as a basic life function, so there you go.  Primate social hierarchy and negotiation has been around much, much longer and is much more integral to the human condition.  I get what you're saying that the word is not the thing, but this is still the world we live in.  There are still general expectations of how people should function in this world and society and HFA still means a general impairment in areas critical to expected social function.

Having areas of strength does not negate a disability.  Going to college, getting married, and having a successful career are also not the antithesis of disability.  Again, drawing on the example of dyslexia, there are many, many individuals who are dyslexic, even profoundly dyslexic, who are enormously successful.  They still need to use accommodations and devices to compensate for their disability.  They still sometimes have big problems because of their disability.  And whether it's because of their disability or their life experience of overcoming their disability, many of these individuals share a unique set of strengths that make them exceptional entrepreneurs, businessmen, scientists, ...

People with disabilities, whether visible or invisible, are not any less valuable and frequently not any less capable in a general sense than more abled individuals.  Individuals with disabilities make extraordinary contributions to the world but being awesome doesn't erase having a disability, nor should it because it's not an either/or.

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