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So...being autistic is a trend now??

You LITERALLY sound like the Karens that say autism is an epidemic or that more people are randomly autistic now because diagnoses have increased over the years

So...being autistic is a trend now??

Yikes. You realize that for every person that you think supposedly self dxes because of a “trend” as you call it, there are probably hundreds if not thousands of fellow autistics who *have* to self dx because either they are forcefully being misdiagnosed (often because of their gender age and/or race) or medical professionals refuse to acknowledge their disability (again usually because of gender age and/or race). I was misdiagnosed with Bipolar disorder because “ohhhhh ‘she’s’ just a moody ‘girl’” and “‘women’ and all those pesky mood swings”. Like i was literally told by a doctor who had spoken to me for all of 10 mins that I couldnt be autistic because “women dont have autism.” Because breaking news only recently (like within the past 5 years) has medicine started to accept that autistic folks could be anything other than a cis white boy that magically sheds their autism when they turn 18.

Sorry that happened to you. It's still not a gender identity and people are still using it as a trend.

Yeah you can “do what you want” but that doesnt mean you are free from any criticism at all. People still reserve the right to disagree with you and criticize your points, especially when they dont seem to be based in any fact. If you would like, I could provide you a long ass paper I wrote that explains the Autism misdiagnosis problem based on scientific evidence and various sources. But where’s you evidence that the majority of folks who self diagnose are faking it for a trend? And no, a few examples of accounts on tumblr is not verifiable evidence.

You can criticise me all you want, and just because you do doesn't mean there aren't people that agree with me and I can still have an opinion. Yes my points are still based on fact. Just because I'm not providing you with an "essay" doesn't mean they aren't. You can make a Google search or use peer reviewed journals to argue any point. All it takes is for you to look for that argument. There's research for it all. Just like I'm sure there's info for whatever argument you are trying to make. No, don't send me your "essay" because I won't read it.

So...being autistic is a trend now??

Yikes. You realize that for every person that you think supposedly self dxes because of a “trend” as you call it, there are probably hundreds if not thousands of fellow autistics who *have* to self dx because either they are forcefully being misdiagnosed (often because of their gender age and/or race) or medical professionals refuse to acknowledge their disability (again usually because of gender age and/or race). I was misdiagnosed with Bipolar disorder because “ohhhhh ‘she’s’ just a moody ‘girl’” and “‘women’ and all those pesky mood swings”. Like i was literally told by a doctor who had spoken to me for all of 10 mins that I couldnt be autistic because “women dont have autism.” Because breaking news only recently (like within the past 5 years) has medicine started to accept that autistic folks could be anything other than a cis white boy that magically sheds their autism when they turn 18.

Sorry that happened to you. It's still not a gender identity and people are still using it as a trend.

Yeah you can “do what you want” but that doesnt mean you are free from any criticism at all. People still reserve the right to disagree with you and criticize your points, especially when they dont seem to be based in any fact. If you would like, I could provide you a long ass paper I wrote that explains the Autism misdiagnosis problem based on scientific evidence and various sources. But where’s you evidence that the majority of folks who self diagnose are faking it for a trend? And no, a few examples of accounts on tumblr is not verifiable evidence.

You can criticise me all you want, and just because you do doesn't mean there aren't people that agree with me and I can still have an opinion. Yes my points are still based on fact. Just because I'm not providing you with an "essay" doesn't mean they aren't. You can make a Google search or use peer reviewed journals to argue any point. All it takes is for you to look for that argument. There's research for it all. Just like I'm sure there's info for whatever argument you are trying to make. No, don't send me your "essay" because I won't read it.

So...being autistic is a trend now??

Yikes. You realize that for every person that you think supposedly self dxes because of a “trend” as you call it, there are probably hundreds if not thousands of fellow autistics who *have* to self dx because either they are forcefully being misdiagnosed (often because of their gender age and/or race) or medical professionals refuse to acknowledge their disability (again usually because of gender age and/or race). I was misdiagnosed with Bipolar disorder because “ohhhhh ‘she’s’ just a moody ‘girl’” and “‘women’ and all those pesky mood swings”. Like i was literally told by a doctor who had spoken to me for all of 10 mins that I couldnt be autistic because “women dont have autism.” Because breaking news only recently (like within the past 5 years) has medicine started to accept that autistic folks could be anything other than a cis white boy that magically sheds their autism when they turn 18.

Sorry that happened to you. It's still not a gender identity and people are still using it as a trend.

Yeah you can “do what you want” but that doesnt mean you are free from any criticism at all. People still reserve the right to disagree with you and criticize your points, especially when they dont seem to be based in any fact. If you would like, I could provide you a long ass paper I wrote that explains the Autism misdiagnosis problem based on scientific evidence and various sources. But where’s you evidence that the majority of folks who self diagnose are faking it for a trend? And no, a few examples of accounts on tumblr is not verifiable evidence.

You can criticise me all you want, and just because you do doesn't mean there aren't people that agree with me and I can still have an opinion. Yes my points are still based on fact. Just because I'm not providing you with an "essay" doesn't mean they aren't. You can make a Google search or use peer reviewed journals to argue any point. All it takes is for you to look for that argument. There's research for it all. Just like I'm sure there's info for whatever argument you are trying to make. No, don't send me your "essay" because I won't read it.

So...being autistic is a trend now??

Yikes. You realize that for every person that you think supposedly self dxes because of a “trend” as you call it, there are probably hundreds if not thousands of fellow autistics who *have* to self dx because either they are forcefully being misdiagnosed (often because of their gender age and/or race) or medical professionals refuse to acknowledge their disability (again usually because of gender age and/or race). I was misdiagnosed with Bipolar disorder because “ohhhhh ‘she’s’ just a moody ‘girl’” and “‘women’ and all those pesky mood swings”. Like i was literally told by a doctor who had spoken to me for all of 10 mins that I couldnt be autistic because “women dont have autism.” Because breaking news only recently (like within the past 5 years) has medicine started to accept that autistic folks could be anything other than a cis white boy that magically sheds their autism when they turn 18.

Sorry that happened to you. It's still not a gender identity and people are still using it as a trend.