I realised that I couldn't find a piece breaking down exactly what's so problematic about the word 'symptoms' as applied to features of autistic people, so I wrote it.

Perhaps the key thing is that ALL of the listed 'core symptoms' are *terrible* treatment targets.
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity
https://oolong.medium.com/autism-symptoms-are-no-such-thing-fa94c0e97b9a