Audhd_academic

This April, let’s not piss on and throw tomatoes at autistics who have low or no empathy.

I was gunna put this in the tags but it’s a lot. When i first started going through the process of getting a diagnosis, i was labelled with ODD. I immediately took issue with this, it seemed like an unfair diagnosis based entirely on the session the psychiatrist had with my parents (which mostly consisted of “my child is being really difficult on purpose”), and Hoo Boy when i tell you ODD immediately strips you of your ability to call out anyone on anything, that would be an understatement. I couldn’t even disagree or bring up my concerns about the validity of MY OWN DIAGNOSIS without it being labelled as oppositional defiance. Whenever i displayed any negative emotion the “treatments” did so much more harm than good. When you label someone as ‘defiant’ (ugh), when that word is put on their medical record, that person is never allowed to complain about anything again. Knowing that POC are disproportionately affected with this diagnosis makes me feel sick, i can only imagine what’s being swept under the rug as someone just being “defiant to authority”, not even just in the medical field but as justification for police brutality and mass incarceration. When i say medical racism kills people, this is what i mean.

this is so fucking important. reblog.

Honestly ODD sounds like some bullshit “diagnosis” from the 50’s. Not something we should see being diagnosed today. Especially considering the overwhelming prevalence of medical racism

@hyperfixation-station5

Whats interesting is when you look not only at how BIPOC are disproportionately diagnosed with ODD but also how heavily it overlaps with PDA (pathological demand avoidance or persistent drive for autonomy). They greatly overlap and despite that ODD is treated as problematic bad behavior and PDA is met with patience and grace. Race 100% affects how certain traits and disorders are perceived and treated.

I'm tired of saying this over and over again, but empathy ≠ morality. You can be a good person with low/no empathy, and you can be a bad person with average empathy, and vice versa.

Yes autism is a spectrum, but that doesn’t mean everyone is autistic. Spectrums can still have beginnings and ends. You still have to fit a certain criteria to be considered on the spectrum.

too many posts on here implying that autistic people are inherently smarter/more moral/better at communicating than neurotypical people are. it’s giving benevolent sexism but for ableism this time

Is a post not nuanced enough or does it just not relate to your hyper-specific experience

I feel this also applies to autism representation. Is it really bad representation or do you just not relate to it?

Can we stop using "still lives with their parents" or "unemployed" or "doesn't have a drivers license" or "didn't graduate high school" as an insult or evidence that someone is a bad person? Struggling with independence or meeting milestones is not a moral failing.

Professional misdiagnosis causes a lot more harm than someone misdiagnosing themselves ever will. I don't want to hear about inaccurate self-diagnosis if you don't talk about professionals misdiagnosing too.

More people need to understand this!