This is so well articulated and not at all the kind of response I was expecting to my silly little post so like, please forgive me if I sound dumb as rocks ^^

I want to start by saying I myself, am technically considered disabled, I have autism spectrum disorder and I was diagnosed at 21 (I think it may have been just as I turned 22) and I probably also have adhd but the diagnosis process was very patronising for me personally as well as emotionally exhausting so I haven’t gone back for that diagnosis…so I have some skin in this game, especially given childhood bullying and having to realise as a 22 almost 23 year old that I was bullied for something I never asked for and couldn’t control, which is how this conversation came up.

You make a very valid point, I didn’t mention characters with quirks that are very much disabling, this is a slight oversight on my part as I fully intended to not go into detail on my and my friends debate over it..especially given they haven’t seen the anime and I didn’t wanna spoil loads in case they wanted to watch it.

I think our debate over quirklessness as a disability stand in (if I remember correctly, again…probably adhd as well so my memory is SHOT) came from a standpoint of discrimination, as quirkless people are barred from schools and are considered lesser by people with quirks if katsuki is anything to by, that talk must be at least somewhat common..

I think to be honest the metaphor would always be flawed as the world of my hero academia is flawed as a whole…it was never going to be perfect but I definitely think there are at least groundworks for some level of disability metaphor in my hero academia…whether is quirkless people or people with disabling quirks…in fact this might be easier to deduce if it was only one or the other not both that were concepts in canon. And it’s obvious korohoshi wanted to do something with the quirklessness that obviously the publishers must’ve changed

As someone who is classed as disabled, at least in the uk, I think there’s some level of metaphor wrapped into my hero academia and I would love to explore it further than giving my favourite character my neurological disorder lol and as I said this au is very much supposed to be my fun little sandbox to smash my anime figures together.

<as I said at the beginning forgive me if this is not explained well I’m about to start a 9hr retail shift and I’m very burned out lol>