r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 5d ago

Neuroscience New study finds online self-reports may not accurately reflect clinical autism diagnoses. Adults who report high levels of autistic traits through online surveys may not reflect the same social behaviors or clinical profiles as those who have been formally diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

https://www.psypost.org/new-study-finds-online-self-reports-may-not-accurately-reflect-clinical-autism-diagnoses/
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u/Quillcy 5d ago

Yeah but what if your self diagnosis turns into a full diagnosis? What then?

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u/GoGoRoloPolo 5d ago

Then people think you've gamed the diagnostic assessment to get the outcome you want. You can't win.

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u/RadixPerpetualis 5d ago

For reals! That and people don't believe you anyways and just resort back to "well everyone wants a label these days -- that is overdiagnosed -- were you vaccinated?" Etc. There is no winning in claiming ASD for attention like folks say. The argument makes no sense. Ask any diagnosed Autistic or someone who legitimately believes they're autistic. . .sharing the dx is the last thing you wanna do because it gets picked apart.

Being openly Autistic just gets people thinking you're anything but Autistic, and sharing the actual label again gets picked apart.

Overall, people HAVE NO IDEA what ASD is, and because of so, they will just attack actual Autistics about it

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u/GoGoRoloPolo 5d ago

You don't tell many people but you do tell your friends because you think they accept and support you and then you find them online talking about how you and your other friends are all making up their diagnoses for attention. No? Is that just me?

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u/RadixPerpetualis 5d ago

I don't tell anyone. It never turns out well, similar to how you described it. I just let them speculate when they pick something out as odd or whatever.

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u/BonJovicus 5d ago

...then you have an actual diagnosis by a professional, what is hard to understand? People are getting so defensive about this study they are overinterpreting and underinterpreting the results.