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What are your thoughts on self diagnosis of ND? Coming to the reality I’m definitely on the autism spectrum. I don’t think I need to fill out a scantron to figure that out.
From what I understand, you need a professional diagnosis for certain purposes, like ADA protections. I could be wrong tho
There's also drawbacks to getting a professional diagnosis, limiting stuff like immigration prospects and adoption
Non-discrimination laws always seem to just promote ways to be discriminatory without saying the discrimination part out loud.
Oh yeah I can't imagine trying to get accommodations at an actual workplace, shits fucking miserable
Oh that makes sense
Here's one perspective: https://archive.is/yaFoo
Ask yourself: what would an official diagnosis bring you? And what would self-identification bring you? Are there specific issues?
Going through similar things right now, I feel like I'm probably autistic but I just have zero confidence in choosing that label for myself so I would like some actual confirmation. I have a suspicion I may have subclinical autism or something so that may not help at all.
Thank you for the article. That was extremely helpful.
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I'm self diagnosed as autistic. I already have an adhd diagnosis on the books but I don't see the need to get one for autism, I don't think it would help me more than it would hurt. I think self diagnosis is 100% cool
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Mostly about acceptance of certain traits of myself that society tells me aren’t okay and I need to change.
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I was a stoner most of my life. Til it caused me mad anxiety every time.
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Um, why? Its a spectrum for a reason...
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Disagree that the autism spectrum can be compared to those things cleanly like that. Like, we abolished the seperate label of ASpergers not just because Hans was a nazi but also because we recognized that its all a spectrum and seperating it like that doesnt make sense.
Agreed. It's a diagnostic category that encompasses many different symptoms that people experience to a greater or lesser degree. There's no biomedical marker you can point to that is required for diagnosis. Gatekeeping it is silly and just further stigmatizes the condition.
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