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[quote=Anonymous]as someone who's come around only very recently to understanding that her "ADHD" is actually "AuDHD":

One of the sources of confusion and skepticism with all of this is that the language of "disability" and "impairment" used in legal contexts (such as when developing a 504 plan in k12 or via a disability office at college) can be at odds with both the science and sociology of ADHD and autism.

So on one hand, we experience "impairments" in "one or more major life activities" and legally require accommodations -- and on the other hand we are not broken, not worse-than, and not disabled -- just different. Different operating system, works better or worse depending on the need and context -- but we're not impaired any more than a google phone is an impaired iphone. However if you try to sync it to your ipad -- it's just not gonna work. You might need some sort of adaptive mechanism.

Both legally "disabled" and "not disabled, just different" can coexist and be fully valid depending on the context -- but the tension is kind of obvious.

Am I disabled or not? Am I different or impaired? Who decides?

The answer depends on the context and environment, but neurotypicals tend not to like that lol. They just want the answer to be the answer. 
Which is really weird to me, but... there ya go. 
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