Impairment vs disability?

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Here's a question:

Can someone assign 'impairment' to you, without your consent?

What if what they consider as 'impairment' is just the way I like it? I have a problem with 'normies' saying that because I don't have a ton of friends, or because I speak bluntly that I am socially impaired. What if I say, 'screw their notion of impairment?'

I have three friends, well four actually. But, I see two of them on a regular basis and two I interact on FB with regularly. I have acquaintances. But, I have four true friends. If they die before me, I'm not going to feel the need to go replace them. I'm more like, "I had four friends and it was nice." Not, I need to go find four replacements to fill my quota.

I, for one feel I should have to agree to something before it's an actual documented impairment.

I agree completely. My NT wife socialize and makes friends easily, and has a lot of them. If she didn't, she'd be miserable. I have a very small number of friends (mostly in distant places) and sometimes that's too much. She thinks I'm socially impaired. But who's really impaired? Someone who needs 15 friends or someone who enjoys (but doesn't need) 2 or 3? How about someone who needs 15 drinks a day vs. someone who enjoys (but doesn't need) 2 or 3?