Autism is not a real condition and it's very odd how the more "critical and question everything" part of the Internet seems to make meme excuses that it's "real" by reiterating the "plz be patient I got 'tism" pepe memes and pointing at lolcows as "evidence" for autism being real. Let me lay out some points for why I think it's probably not a real condition:
1.) Diagnosis - There is not a clear and an objective way to diagnose someone with "autism". In my opinion the tests are not different from those human resources/Facebook posts personality tests that are being pushed by (((psychologists))). The "spectrum" excuse is pretty much a cover up to say that they have no way to differentiate a personality or a legit brain damage/issue. They got zero clues on how to seperate those things objectively, all the ways they try to do so is pretty much pseudoscience. The MRI brain scan interpretations and conclusions are very sketchy since we don't really know how the brains work and now you are telling me that "science" can separate someone who just "thinks differently" and someone who is legit "messed up in their head"? If you can't consistently measure something, it's not a real thing.
2.) Leftists optics - The West has an very "egalitarian" philosophy, it's very common amongs the leftists/progressive to "celebrate" diversity and the differences between people and how they think. That we are all equal and shouldn't be treated differently or labeled for who we are! So in a time where we are allegedly supposed to not judge people and label people for how they think... we are now in fact labeling people for how they think/behave. How the hell the left let this one slide is beyond me. I'm not even bringing up the fact that you are not allowed to point out how different races, ethnicities and other human subgroups have different brain structures (that are documented more thoroughly) and label them based on that, yet with some very vague personality tests Science™, it's okay to label people with!?
3.) Civilian interrogation- This condition is often being prescribed with psychology/therapy sessions a.k.a civilian "checkup"/interrogation: To tell someone (a stranger) about how you feel/think and they will tell you what's wrong with you and how you should think/act! That shit really sets off a lot of red flags and warning signs! In a time where governments are really keen on wanting to know everything about you, by having this "diagnosis" to convince people that there is something wrong with them so you have to "meet a therapist" seems a little too convenient and a conflict of interest to actually "cure it". There is something really sinister about having "experts" telling people that there is something wrong with their head and the only "available" treatment is to meet a stranger who wants to know how you think.
There are some minor details of how "autistic" people are viewed in the public that is odd too. Like how it's associated with possibly good traits such as creativity, actual own hobby interest, "purity" (virgins). I know it sounds bizarre to bring these traits up since a lot of lolcows got these traits in a very bad way (there is no shortage of documented cases on this site...), but I have seen people in academia vilify these traits and then pushing brain dead hobby's, promiscuity and killing off creativity, which goes along with the political interests of perhaps labeling people with these traits. There is also people who wants to "be different" and are claiming to have autism since it's imposible to actually diagnose it and you now got an additional group (a very vocal one) reiterating that "it's real". There is one explanation for "autistic" behaviour that I do accept, and that's just an adaptive reaction to a very unnatural environment. Since governments don't like people who don't "react well" to said system/society, it's convenient for them to document the cases and put a label on them (read point 3.) again) in case they cause trouble for them.
TLDR autism isn't real, lolcows that are often referred on this site are just shitty people or got some type of an actual brain damage.
