I agree with you that autism should not be regarded as a disease - and I don't think it generally is to anyone who is not completely ignorant.
However, if you think we should not use the terms 'handicap' or 'disorder' because they are slighting, perhaps the problem is your perception of the terms rather than the fact that they are being used. People think these terms should not be used to describe disabled people and yet they're only percieved negatively because they've been associated with disabled people.
The fact is that people with autism do have difficulties performing some tasks that other people can do easily. Seems like a handicap to me.
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Spending as long as I do here, it's easy to forget that Oddworld has actual fans.
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