But if you were autistic, suddenly it would be a big deal.

Sigh, so much ignorance in these forums. @MrSimmons why is it fair to call someone "autistic" as if it's a bad way? Call them something else. I didn't really make this thread to suddenly change the world, because I am aware that people wouldn't really care, but there's a ton of people who use these words and don't even understand the context of it.

@twilit When you say something like "this thread is like cancer" you are using the actual word "cancer", which isn't a person and is a horrible thing all together. But when you say "this thread is as bad as a cancerous person", then it gets offensive because you are marginalizing an actual person stricken with a terrible disease as if it's something offensive. Same here: it isn't about the word "autism", but rather "autistic".