This is my first comment on LW, so apologies if I haven't understood the new commenter material well enough. I'm in the US so I can't speak to UK specific laws or culture. From my research before I got diagnosed there is quite a bit of exaggerated rhetoric in online autism communities about discrimination in immigrating, like claiming that entire countries prohibit autistic people from immigrating when the actual policy is "you can't have >$X annual health care costs," which some high support needs autistics might reach but high functioning people... (read more)
This is my first comment on LW, so apologies if I haven't understood the new commenter material well enough. I'm in the US so I can't speak to UK specific laws or culture. From my research before I got diagnosed there is quite a bit of exaggerated rhetoric in online autism communities about discrimination in immigrating, like claiming that entire countries prohibit autistic people from immigrating when the actual policy is "you can't have >$X annual health care costs," which some high support needs autistics might reach but high functioning people... (read more)