I don't get it. How could having autism or whatever be "hip"? Surely it's undesirable for most, because it tends to ostracize them, no?
At least as far as ive seen, people aren't labelling them autistic to influence the way they are treated by the world- they are claiming the label because they see it as an explanation for previously unexplained anomalies in how the world treats them. It's used as a flag to build community around those with shared experiences, not a doctor's note to get out of gym class.
Right, because proprietary software is never abandoned. At least foss leaves you with the source code so you or other folk can carry on the torch in the original dev's absence.
I keep seeing people making this argument in this thread but it's never backed up by anything, just insults and repeating propaganda. Can you imperialists at least engage with the historical discussions in this thread that you're pretending not to see?
And like your example perfectly shows, that line of argument is only ever meaningfully deployed to specifically benefit the state and oligarchs. It's never used to encourage awareness of economic inequalities that push people toward cycles of incarceration.
At least as far as ive seen, people aren't labelling them autistic to influence the way they are treated by the world- they are claiming the label because they see it as an explanation for previously unexplained anomalies in how the world treats them. It's used as a flag to build community around those with shared experiences, not a doctor's note to get out of gym class.