A couple of weeks ago, in another place where I generally feel safe, someone made a scathing comment - not to me, or even about me - about "self-diagnosed autistics". Without a signed certificate, apparently we aren't worthy of the label.
I've been stewing about it ever since, and sometimes doubting myself. This morning I'm peeved. Who the hell is that person to make declarations about other people - including me?
@ScottSoCal@actuallyautistic
> Without a signed certificate, apparently [one isn't] worthy of the label
Oh! That sounds exactly like my HR department, trying to avoid the slightest inconvenience from accommodation.
Let me assure you... for the right amount of money, you can have any diagnostic you'd like. If not... lather, rinse, repeat. If anything, self-DX is more valid than any other kind of DX.
In my lifetime I have been called autistic by people... But I'm not. I have always known I'm not, but I let them classify me that way in their heads because it was less problematic. That has been verified by psychiatrists.
I am simply weird to most people. But people like explaining why in armchair psychology conversations.
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