There is a massive difference between officially being diagnosed as being autistic and self-identifying as it. A differences based in clinical science.
What is messed up is people can’t acknowledge this, or act like this difference is oppressive and problematic.’
According to self-diagnosis, I can easily convince myself I’m autistic or a million other mental conditions. But I am not. Because I’m not a professional clinician, and even if I was self-diagnosis is a violation of professional ethics.
You seem to think everyone has the option to become diagnosed but that’s not the case. I’ve tried to be diagnosed and literally doctors seem to avoid it. And I can actually afford doctors while many cannot.
I have mostly avoided self diagnosing myself as autistic but there are many signs of it. I shouldn’t be blamed if I did say I’m probably slightly autistic. I’m not sure why an internet rando would know more about my situation than I do.
literally everyone is slightly autistic. that is a useless classification.
it’s like saying have to eat food or you have to poop. so does litereally every other person who ever existed… it’s not a distinguishing aspect of any one person over another.
when you self-diagnose you are doing nothing more than taking a horoscope. i bet you are a ‘little bit of a Pisces’. too.
Everyone has most traits of most mental health issues to some extent. Its not a useless classification though. Classic example is everyone pees but if youre doing it 40 times a day its probably time for the doctors.
There is a massive difference between officially being diagnosed as being autistic and self-identifying as it. A differences based in clinical science.
What is messed up is people can’t acknowledge this, or act like this difference is oppressive and problematic.’
According to self-diagnosis, I can easily convince myself I’m autistic or a million other mental conditions. But I am not. Because I’m not a professional clinician, and even if I was self-diagnosis is a violation of professional ethics.
You seem to think everyone has the option to become diagnosed but that’s not the case. I’ve tried to be diagnosed and literally doctors seem to avoid it. And I can actually afford doctors while many cannot.
I have mostly avoided self diagnosing myself as autistic but there are many signs of it. I shouldn’t be blamed if I did say I’m probably slightly autistic. I’m not sure why an internet rando would know more about my situation than I do.
literally everyone is slightly autistic. that is a useless classification.
it’s like saying have to eat food or you have to poop. so does litereally every other person who ever existed… it’s not a distinguishing aspect of any one person over another.
when you self-diagnose you are doing nothing more than taking a horoscope. i bet you are a ‘little bit of a Pisces’. too.
When I first responded, I thought you were only a little off from an opinion I might understand. I was wrong.
Also you contradicted the fuck out of yourself. You said if everyone is on the spectrum then no one is. So now you are nakedly foolish and ignorant.
Everyone has most traits of most mental health issues to some extent. Its not a useless classification though. Classic example is everyone pees but if youre doing it 40 times a day its probably time for the doctors.