EDIT: please, if you don’t agree with the arguments in the video, come in and discuss, don’t just downvote the thread.
I found this video with many arguments supporting self-diagnosis validity and wanted to share.
Main point may be that there is no valid reason to look for a self-diangosis than the fact of being autistic, and needing support for that. At least until there will be equitable access to medical care, self-diagnosis is the only way for people to understand themself and understand the support they may need in their life.
But, there is much more in the video, take a look at it by yourself!
Thanks, I hope you get banned for supporting disinformation.
I suggest you leave any social media/forum/discussion group.
It seems that you cannot cope with opinions and points of view different from yours, and you will find plenty on these platforms, and this may hurt your feelings
Were you against masks or against social distancing during covid? You sound like the kind of person who would be into that kind of stuff.
I wasn’t against any of that. I support statements backed by research, and that’s why I think that self-diagnosis can be valid, in a limited set of circumstances and if done seriously.
On the other hand you look like the kind of person who, when discussing, attacks the other participants personally, instead of attacking the core of the argument, thus you sound incapable of a civil discussion.
yeah, I do get agressive when I see a person using silly arguments based on feelings rather than facts. Anyways, go on live your happy self-diagnosed life, when someone laugh at you or you make someone really angry in real life I want you to remember this mean internet guy.
You are very good at giving your behavior excuses.
That’s not what I do ( see here ).
You know, it looks like you think everybody on the internet (and in life?) is saying things just to defend themselves, their own interests, (maybe because that’s what you do?) but it’s not always the case.
I dare you to find other source to support this belief outside this video or this CONTENT CREATOR.
You mean people like Dr Devon Price?
“I want autistic people to experience less shame of who they are and to learn how to take off the masks that have trapped us for decades. The first step towards that includes accepting who you are. You don’t need a piece of paper from an assessor to do that.”
(Unmasking autism)
I read that book. Very inspiring!
You completely avoided my points. You don’t like confrontation and discussion, you just want to be right. You clearly are this guy form XKCD comic
Regarding your question, can you use google?
I guess I am wrong. There are no rules, you can decide you are autistic for whatever trait you identify. Because if you don’t function as a perfect and unrealistic human being it’s probably because you have a disability. I doesn’t matter how stupid I think it is, that seems to be the consensus.
I know I’m being passive aggressive but it really bothers me that some common flaws or limitations can simply fit some form of autism because is wrong to say it isn’t. For example, socializing is a skill, it sure comes naturally for some people but that doesn’t mean it isn’t something you can’t learn and improve (I think I only started feeling more confident about my social abilities a few years ago, and I’m 33). I don’t think it’s healthy for people, especially when young, to diagnose themselves with some kind of limitation that would impair development. Feeling discomfort is also a part of life and sometimes we can’t avoid it, we might even need it to become better and mature human beings.
People who claim they are always functional and that nothing bothers or distract them are liers. You know, that hustle culture bullshit. But there are some things to be learned from them too, the courage to face discomfort and work on limitations, balance is everything.
But apparently my opinion doesn’t matter because I’m simply wrong to think self-diagnosing isn’t harmless and a slippery slope for justifying very normal and common individual limitations.