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> I see this sentiment often, but only when it comes to autism. How is this different from other disorders, disabilities, illnesses?

These are not equivalent, synonymous terms. I think that your premise might need some work.

There's plenty of people in the world who are healthy, autistic, and not disabled at all.

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I know they're not synonymous, that's why I used all 3 and not just one.

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That may be what was meant, but that's not how it was written.

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It was written fine. ASD is a disorder which was the first item on that list. You could make the same type of argument about disabilities (e.g. deafness) and someone pointed out that people make the same arguments in the deaf community too.

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Words mean things.

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And my words in no way implied that those were equal, or that autism was necessarily an illness or a disability. People often make those arguments and I'm not one of them. You're attacking a straw man.