Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019)
by kstenerud on Saturday December 25, 2021 @11:16AM
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No, it means there's a deluge of status seekers deceiving themselves into thinking they're autistic and then clogging up the system with their diagnosis requests. As I mentioned in a sister comment, many psychiatrists who have autism knowledge and training have stopped doing diagnoses because of this, thus exacerbating the problem.
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Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019)
by emodendroket on Saturday December 25, 2021 @11:33AM
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I have trouble understanding what status seeking ends would be served by getting a diagnosis.
Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019)
by Zircom on Saturday December 25, 2021 @11:38AM
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You get to put it in your social media bio. That's all a lot of them want. They don't want treatment, they don't want to get better, they just wanna be able to tell people they have it. It's a whole thing on Til Tok right now.
Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019)
by emodendroket on Saturday December 25, 2021 @11:39AM
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Why do you need to waste your time and money when typing “#actuallyautistic” into the box is free?
Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019)
by iab on Saturday December 25, 2021 @12:10PM
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What status is conferred by having autism?
Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019)
by kstenerud on Saturday December 25, 2021 @01:16PM
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No clue, but it's a thing.
Re:“Autism is a spectrum” doesn’t mean what you think (2019)
by TheGoddessInari on Saturday December 25, 2021 @11:05PM
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You keep talking about "status seekers", but you can't define what you think they believe they're after in trying to obtain that status?
If nothing else, makes me wonder if I missed out on a "welcome packet" or something I didn't know I was supposed to get. :P