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>>delich+(OP)
American society is at the point where if you don't play these sort of games/tricks, you'll get out-competed by those who do. Bleak.

>>OGEnth+H6
Pretty sure it was always like this

>>p1esk+Y8
No, "disability" used to be something of a stigma. Now it's celebrated, and people proudly identify with it.

If you're saying that people always try to game the system, whatever it is, then I agree however.

>>SoftTa+x9
I can tell you from personal experience as a person with a physical disability that it's still very much a stigma.

It's also very much possible for something to be both a stigma and an identity. In fact, the stigmatization can make the identity stronger.

>>apical+jf
Well, some kinds of disability still are a stigma, but here on HN neurodiversity/autism is celebrated as some kind of superpower, basically.

>>Detryt+9i
I'm aware. See for instance, VC Arielle Zuckerberg's comment that when deciding which founders to fund she looks for "a little of the rizz and a little of the tis" with "rizz" referring to charisma and "tis" to autism.

One could argue that mythologizing a particular characteristic is itself a form of stigma.