I'll answer your other question in the morning, but it's so difficult having a social life with ASPD. I'm an overt narcissist and a pwASPD that actively isolates himself from most people . . . . The "antisocial" part holds up for me very well. I'm quite solitary in nature. I won't get into much about my personal life, but I have found myself being automatically assumed to be an abuser because of my PDs; the second they are revealed to someone, it seems they turn on me and grow to dislike me. ASPD is relatively under-researched with biases in the research that is relatively available—only pulling from prison populations and actual criminals, whilst there are many people with ASPD without a criminal record, that are not offenders. I know many personally, and I am one of those people. But still, it's difficult. I keep to myself to avoid most social interactions out of hopes that people won't treat me weird.

I absolutely agree with your mindset. My current psychology professor is calling for the official change of the term "abnormal psychology" in reference to mental illness; he wants it changed to "pathological psychology" as a more accurate descriptor rather than using a term that has extremely negative connotations. I shared a bit about the roots in ableism in another answer but I'd rather not share my coursework . . . . Oh goodness. I lost countless hours of sleep over them. But to summarize, they detailed the faults of the medical field and how ableism is infused in it from the birth of it. I talked about my own personal experiences with my disability, which is not often recognized as a disability by doctors, unfortunately, due to . . . . circumstances. But I assure you, it is one. Z z z z.

Taking all STEM courses is extremely difficult, especially this semester. There are many similarities, particularly in physics and chemistry for me. I'm very . . . . below average when it comes to my comprehension of chemistry, but I am trying my best. Physics, on the other hand, is a breeze for now. Everything is connected in a way, if you really get down to it. A lot of information in my previous calc courses are present in Chemistry & Biostat, which are now present in physics and even Anatomy, and even Organic Chemistry and Anatomy are related in some areas (specifically Hormonal structure I'd say) (Like Estradiol and stuff) So it's all just one lengthy chain of connections. After all, all these courses are part of my program for a reason. They are all inter-connected. HE HE!

Oooo . . . . So the history of medical societies like APA (American Psychological Association) and AMA (American Medical Association), amongst others, were created entirely by cis white ablebodied men in their respective time periods, and have contributed to a prolonged history of acceptance of things like eugenics. They also have a really long history of speaking on behalf of minority communities (poc, disabled people, etc.) There's a very very good reason as to why terms like "Retard" were standardized, and why homosexuality was considered to be a mental illness. It's because these communities of early medicine were created with no plans on including anyone that wasn't a straight white male. It's also why a lot of ableist language was commonplace up until recently . . . . The APA actually has a page dedicated to apologizing and admitting to their wrongdoings including excluding the communities I've mentioned. But yes, the medical field was built on and designed to exclude POC and disabled people from its beginnings.

But even in medical communities in present day, disabled and autistic voices are still underrepresented due to the damage the medical field has done to the definition of what a disabled person is. A lot of stereotypes about disabled people stem from early "findings" in the medical field (most of which were extremely under researched and completely . . . . incorrect. Lol).

I'm gripping you. You will be the best computer scientist ever.