Are we headed for “President Vance”? How will that be different / the same?

I don’t entirely agree with “unpredictable” and “impossible to accurately accommodate”. We proactively request accommodations upfront to avoid future problems. The challenge is when other people decide that we don’t really NEED everything we requested.

Yes. Thank you. That is exactly what I’m saying. I added more detail/examples in subsequent comments.

That doesn’t mean I am ok with strong smells and sensitive only to loud noise. It could mean that the sensory load of masking/tolerating strong smells yesterday has “burned out” my ability to cope with sensory issues today.

For example: yesterday, I seemed to handle the sensory overstimulation of strong smells just fine, but today, I experienced one loud noise and I was “done” to the extent of a shutdown (internalized) or meltdown (externalized).

I think about this often as well: is there a world where I could exist and not feel limited by my disability (ASD)? Your analogy of glasses/no glasses is a binary example of disability/accommodation and the spectrum of autism, even for an individual is much more complex:

Hmmm… doesn’t Nigeria have oil?

www.worldometers.info/oil/nigeria-...

Deportation is a tried and true way of killing people. These are cobblestones from Rosenthaler Strasse in Berlin where an elderly couple, Gottfried and Lotti Hollander lived, before they were deported in 1943 and died at Auschwitz.

These lawmakers are trying to protect individuals who might think they are “just following orders” without realizing it is not a valid defence against committing crimes. Ref: the Nuremberg Trials.

…which also leads to negative social consequences. People will avoid mentioning the topic again or even avoid the autistic person altogether.

Unless… the information we’re receiving aligns with a special interests. Then it becomes a one-sided conversation (us to them) with encyclopedic detail!

Oh my goodness! Thank you! This “new to me” MCM solid red oak sofa and 2 chairs was made by the gentleman’s grandfather who sold it to me for $500. The green wool velvet cushions are original. I stripped and refinished it with a walnut stain and satin polyurethane.

In other words, malignant kingship:
Plenary means full, complete, or absolute. It describes authority, power, or sessions that are unqualified or unrestricted in scope.

Sometimes “low support needs” is actually “high masking”, until burnout occurs. This applies especially to late diagnosed autistic people, who mask autism for decades until it all falls apart.

The arrows should be drawn with sharpies.

Internalized autism is also more common among female-presenting autists, whose “special interests” are typically more socially expected/acceptable for girls and women.

Also known as “high-masking” autism and under the ableist labels, “low support needs” or “high functioning”. But really, this just means that I hold it all together until I am home or until I am in a safe environment where I can fall apart (have a shutdown), sometimes for days.