• AskewLord@piefed.social
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      6 hours ago

      There is a massive difference between officially being diagnosed as being autistic and self-identifying as it.

      What is messed up is people can’t acknowledge this, or act like this difference is oppressive and problematic.

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        You seem to think everyone has the option to become diagnosed but that’s not the case. I’ve tried to be diagnosed and literally doctors seem to avoid it. And I can actually afford doctors while many cannot.

        I have mostly avoided self diagnosing myself as autistic but there are many signs of it. I shouldn’t be blamed if I did say I’m probably slightly autistic. I’m not sure why an internet rando would know more about my situation than I do.

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          literally everyone is slightly autistic. that is a useless classification.

          it’s like saying have to eat food or you have to poop. so does litereally every other person who ever existed… it’s not a distinguishing aspect of any one person over another.

          when you self-diagnose you are doing nothing more than taking a horoscope. i bet you are a ‘little bit of a Pieces’ too.

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            When I first responded, I thought you were only a little off from an opinion I might understand. I was wrong.

            Also you contradicted the fuck out of yourself. You said of everyone is on the spectrum then no one is. So now you are nakedly foolish and ignorant.