Do you consider yourself special needs

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I been on a few autism based threads on Quora and many of them say they don't see themselves as special needs. Typically a special needs person would be more lv 2 or 3 autism, but even lv 1 autstics can be deemed special by neurotypical standards. I identify with level 1 autism but I have support needs that may seem jarring to a neurotypical i.e dysgraphia, speech delay, and the way I express excitement can be seen as childlike to most people my age.

I have done a lot of things in my life that met age expectations, but I still don't have a license and still never been on a date before despite being 28. I identify with being special needs, but my needs differ from another autstic.

i am level 2 so yes

No. But I've only got a "dash" of autism.

I've never learned how to drive a car or get a real job, however, and I've never traveled outside the country so I guess I've wasted my whole life.

I'm not sure.

But I have earned a driver's licence and know how to drive a car with a proper (manual) gearbox.

I struggle with this because it's hard to gauge the extent I'm limited. My instinct is to deny and overcome any labels defining myself as limited or incapable. I support when others do so and envy them a little

Did not matter.

Less about because I'm autistic, and more like this body is a stupid sensitive nuisance that remained unaccomodated and untreated in layers, that worsens whatever dysfunction I ended up with and they all blame it on being "a part of autism".

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I was as a kid due to significant language delay. I wouldn't consider myself special needs now.

I don't think of myself as a 'special needs" person but I would have been placed in 2E classes if they had been available/present at the time I went to school.


I do view my autism as a disability and I do have struggles with audio and visual processing issues.

At my spot on the Autism Spectrum I think my "special need" is usually "some patience".

What is being classified as 'special needs'?