Dude on NYT in my news sources: "I'm partly to blame for the increased diagnosis rates, I helped oversee the DSM-IV development"

Oh cool! Tell me more!

"RFK Jr. is mistaken about vaccines, it's because of expanded criteria"

Thank you for putting that out there! What else?

"Also Social Media is making socially awkward people self-diagnose incorrectly and it's a big problem that's taking resources away from everyone that needs it, we should be _concerned_"

OH GO FUCK YOURSELF THERE'S NO RESOURCES ANYWAYS

#ActuallyAutistic #SelfDiagnosisIsValid

I can't believe this still needs saying so I'll say it again and can those at the back of the classroom please pay attention.

"Self diagnosis/ Self identification *IS* valid. The only difference between a self diagnosis and an "official" diagnosis is the piece of paper with it written on.

And we all know how useful having something "writted down on a piece of paper" is ...

https://youtu.be/rLQhQSiDR-k?feature=shared"

;)

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #SelfDiagnosisIsValid

2024-06-24 Autie-Biographical
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #SelfDiagnosis #SelfDiagnosisIsValid

Autistic person: I probably have Autism I have a lot of signs and symptoms and identify with the community, can I be tested for Autism?

Diagnostician: Sure just pay a few thousand dollars because your insurance won't pay out, and also tell your parents that you're Autistic because we need to interview them because we can't figure out if adults have autism so we have to go off of childhood history instead, oh and the waitlist is a year long

Autistic person: uh nvm

News: *shocked Pikachu* There's so many people undiagnosed with Autism it's a lost generation!!

#ActuallyAutistic #SelfDiagnosisIsValid

Idk but “faking it” “for attention” sounds pretty symptomatic to me💁‍♀️

#mentalillness #bpd #eupd #invisibledisability #mentalhealth #audhd #actuallyautistic #adhdlife #latediagnosedautistic #selfdiagnosisisvalid #cptsd #didosdd

The average autistic person is better at diagnosing other autistics than any allistic professional out there and you can’t convince me otherwise

#actuallyautistic #autismdiagnosis #selfdiagnosisisvalid #latediagnosedautistic

Clinical misdiagnosis is significantly more common than self misdiagnosis. Just for the record, for anyone still skeptical of self diagnosis.
P.S. it’s not up for debate.
#selfdiagnosisisvalid #actuallyautistic #audhd #latediagnosedautistic #didosdd #bpd #cptsd #adhddiagnosis

If you think you're #autistic , you don't need a diagnosis.
(Just like you don't need a diagnosis to know you're queer)
You've done more research about being autistic than most psychologists out there.

But of course you can still get one if you want
#selfdiagnosisisvalid #selfacceptance

#unpopularopinion if you are self-diagnosed you can actually go ahead and just say you’re diagnosed, period, and it will still be truthful and accurate. No need to specify. Your medical and mental dx is nobody’s business in the first place, much less the source of the dx.
#selfdiagnosisisvalid #selfdiagnosed #actuallyautistic #audhd

Self diagnosis is valid (except for personality types, which don't exist).

#ActuallyAutistic
#SelfDiagnosisIsValid
#PersonalityTestsAreBullshit

Apparently, some people seem to believe that diagnosis causes autism.

#Autism #Autistic #selfdiagnosisisvalid

@actuallyautistic I forgot to include in the original post, #SelfDiagnosed #Autistics are welcome in the Autistic Book Club! 🙌♾🌈💗
There are many barriers to an official #Autism diagnosis; exorbitant cost, gatekeeping doctors, psychs who don’t understand Autism and refuse a diagnosis on the basis of irrelevancies such as ‘you can make eye contact’, bias against minorities, etc…
We support you!💗

#SelfDiagnosisIsValid #SelfDiagnosis #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticBookClub #AutisticCommunity

@RQAM I’m so sorry you had to deal with such an incompetent, ableist assessor (the actual descriptors that went through my head probably aren’t suitable for here).
#SelfDiagnosisIsValid