Absolutely. And I think a lot of people that have AD(H)D being misdiagnosed with autism has contributed to this too.
Nah, AD(H)D is almost as popular as autism and is diagnosed slightly more often.
In my opinion it is due to the raging Cluster B's who found a way to escape the stigma and get some special points. Doesn't help that a lot of doctors, who really shouldn't do so, tack autism on to basically everyone. Detransitioner? Here, you were just autistic. And since it alleviates some of the resposibility, those teens and young adults are happy to agree.
It's funny you said that - -Sarah Z apparently JUST got married - with the caption "me and the bad bitch i pulled by being autistic"
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Interesting timing with Lady Emily lashing out, considering the skinwalking and everything.
Her autism LARP is a new development. She suddenly claimed to be sooper autistic a few videos back (I like listening to her stuff in the background) - interestingly, she didn't directly mention it by name, but just alluded to it by being "OMG so socially awkward and don't like the texture of wool". Needed the eternal Tumblr hugbox for actually saying it I guess.
I think it might be due to her getting married. Before, she leaned heavily into being "bisexual", but now that she is in a "cis het" marriage, she has lost oppression points. And in her bubble that is like being a leper in the 1900's.
Dalton spiralling might really be due to her getting something he never will and maybe her growing independence? I think there is some serious cow potential.
They don't want to talk about the negatives that come with the 'tism, because that's scary, and they'd have to admit that it's more than just a quirky diagnosis that's all about liking anime and trains and shit.
Oh, they love talking about "how hard it all is and how society is sooo ableist towards le sad neurodivergent flower".
It is basically the same as troons: Give us everything we want whenever we want, because we are somehow oppressed. They just leave out the actual negative stuff, since they never experienced it.
It'd be kind of funny if it didn't bleed into real life as much. I could do without the avalanche of (usually genderspecial, what a surprise) twenty-somethings filling up my waitlist and
demanding their diagnosis of choice.