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Maybe but when those same people are typing about their self-diagnosis from an iPhone 15 Pro whilst complaining they cannot afford $900 for a diagnosis?
Yeah….ok……
People do things if they really really want to regardless of cost….funny how that works 🤷🏼♀️
And if you don’t want the “negatives” that come with diagnosis around other areas of life where you may be discriminated against as a result of said diagnosis, well too bad and welcome to the real world where the rest of us have to live - you don’t really have the same lived experience if you think that about an actual diagnosis then….and you will never understand what it’s like to actually be discriminated against for having said diagnosis…but what would I know……I’ve only been a diagnosed autistic since I was 12 so I didn’t get the memo I guess 🤷🏼♀️
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This is not a real problem, and trying to solve it by protecting the spectrum or something is just causing harm.
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And I’m sick of people who assume that diagnosis is readily available for everyone.
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Maybe but when those same people are typing about their self-diagnosis from an iPhone 15 Pro whilst complaining they cannot afford $900 for a diagnosis?
Yeah….ok……
People do things if they really really want to regardless of cost….funny how that works 🤷🏼♀️
And if you don’t want the “negatives” that come with diagnosis around other areas of life where you may be discriminated against as a result of said diagnosis, well too bad and welcome to the real world where the rest of us have to live - you don’t really have the same lived experience if you think that about an actual diagnosis then….and you will never understand what it’s like to actually be discriminated against for having said diagnosis…but what would I know……I’ve only been a diagnosed autistic since I was 12 so I didn’t get the memo I guess 🤷🏼♀️
In most countries it’s not about the money…