As an autistic person considered LSN but substantially disabled by comorbid conditions, I think the two equally bad but opposite sentiments that pmo the most are
"well I struggle a lot in ways that aren't from my autism so my LSN diagnosis must be wrong, I'm actually far more disabled than any LSN autistic even tho I can mask as a fully functional 'Normal Adult'"
And "autism doesn't make me struggle at all and so the only reason it could be considered a disability is because society thinks we're weird, it's basically a superpower actually because I'm way more competent than those stupid neurotypicals they're just scared of my aurizzm"
Autism is a spectrum that affects every autistic person differently, INCLUDING LSN AUTISTIC PEOPLE. LSN Autistic =/= not disabled. It doesn't universally mean life is easy and you know how to mask and know how to find the Right Lingo to get along with everybody. Both of these sentiments tend to act like LSN Autism is actually easy/not disabling, even when experiencing comorbid issues, when that's simply not true.
And it's not doing any favors to MSN/HSN autistic people to speak this way either - it downplays their struggles by proxy, because if our struggles aren't even "that bad" or considered a disability, what does that mean for the autistic people who sheerly because of their autism can't live on their own? Can't feed themselves, struggle to communicate in any form, can't take baths or put on clothes or go out in public without significant assistance? If just being disabled and autistic supposedly equals HSN, what does that do to the language HSN autistic people use to understand themselves and communicate their needs?
