"Autism is a superpower" or is it?

I really dislike the whole "autism is a superpower" framing because it completely ignores the disabling aspects of it, but also because it feels like when people say that, they're humoring us rather than celebrating us.

I think most autistic people who have special interests are legitimately impressive in what they know and can do with that knowledge. 

Some of us actually do achieve objectively amazing things because of it. But many of us are never truly appreciated for what we can offer the world. 

And it's because of the package those incredible skills reside in. 

It's because there is so. much. judgment, hate, and ridicule tied to the "unpalatable" aspects of our autism that people can't see past them long enough to realize that we are actually pretty incredible humans who have a LOT to offer the world.