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.

[u/mvea]

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

[u/MagicWishMonkey]

I do not understand the fixation with terminally online people and going to go get diagnosed with autism. It's such a weird phenominon.

[u/ahoy_capn → u/MagicWishMonkey]

You can explain away any lack of social skills if you self diagnose as autistic, just like you can blame self diagnosed ADHD for not wanting to study.

It weaponizes the destigmatization of neurodivergence. No failures are my own - in fact, I am a victim.

[u/CanadianSyndrome → u/ahoy_capn]

Completely agree with your assessment.

For years I've been wondering why the hell everyone suddenly thinks their autistic, I've gotten a lot of pushback for calling out the obvious trendiness of the topic. People feel it means they're smarter, different, not "typical" at all, because who would want to be typical?

If all of you identify as neurodivergent, then none of you are neurodivergent, it would actually imply the opposite.

[u/kindnesskangaroo → u/CanadianSyndrome]

Autism is a spectrum disorder by the way, which means that everyone in the whole wide world is on it. That’s what a spectrum means by definition. However, you have to meet a certain threshold of criteria on this spectrum to be clinically diagnosed.

Hope this helps!

[u/triplehelix- → u/ahoy_capn]

i think there is often some narcissism mixed in there. you can often find these self diagnosed "neurodivergent" individuals talking about how special they are, and how they feel "normal" people are boring or something to that effect.