Well what makes you think I do not deal with fatigue and pain? maybe not identical to you, I cannot
know and neither can you, the danger is here of straw man arguments and justifying oneself by
invoking the old heirarchy of disabilities.
It does come down to attributional style, and two people can be dealing with exactly the same
situation in a different way cognitively, that does not mean that one of them has any less of the
underlying difference which gives rise to it than the other and to argue in that way actually
dismissed the experiences and reality of both sides.
All I can say from a common sense perspective is that it is like the weather, we are stuck with it
and there is not a lot to be done. One can put on a raincoat or put up an umbrella, but "the rain it
raineth every day"
Larry
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> Subject: Re: Neurodiversity, neurological disability and the
> public sector: notes on the autism spectrum
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>
> Well, when you come up with a philosophical construct that
> deals adequately with the "common sense notions" of pain and
> fatigue that many of us have to deal with every day, let me
> know. Until then, I'll continue to argue that the social
> model, as it currently stands, is inadequate for describing
> the experience of many disabled people, and that the personal
> effects of impairments must be considered as part of the
> causes of disability.
>
> Margo
>
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