The comparison they are making is that there was a stage where all of a sudden a bunch of people were claiming to de-transition and people believe it was a kind of co-ordinated thing to “prove” that transgender was just some kind of fad. OL is saying now that they are doing a similar thing with autistic people going back on their diagnosis and that the strings are being pulled by those who want to “prove” that autism is being over-diagnosed.
Essentially, it’s the “strategy” being used that’s comparable. It’s designed with an agenda.
Diagnosis can and does get retracted, or added to, altered etc. But only some get the spotlight. The rhetoric around autism being particularly misdiagnosed or “over-diagnosed” at the moment is really dangerous.
Yep. I think more people need to be able to say/think “actually I don’t know enough on this particular issue” and either choose to step back or to actively learn, ask good faith questions and actually start to have an understanding before they start to form opinions.
Nobody knows enough about everything to have an opinion and it’s actually okay not to have an opinion or to be curious before forming and sharing one!
Because trans people’s brains are literally wired to be the gender they transition into, not the body they’re born in.
Every transgender person I know, including the one I’m married to, knew from a very young age their brain didn’t match their body.
Finding out and accepting you’re trans is the diagnosis.
Cool. I dont get what this post is saying as it relates to autism or trans people.
I dont get how what you are saying ties to the post.
The comparison they are making is that there was a stage where all of a sudden a bunch of people were claiming to de-transition and people believe it was a kind of co-ordinated thing to “prove” that transgender was just some kind of fad. OL is saying now that they are doing a similar thing with autistic people going back on their diagnosis and that the strings are being pulled by those who want to “prove” that autism is being over-diagnosed.
Essentially, it’s the “strategy” being used that’s comparable. It’s designed with an agenda.
Ok cool thanks I can see that. Diagnosis can change though, thats refinement and research a work. The autism scare mongering is ridiculous
Diagnosis can and does get retracted, or added to, altered etc. But only some get the spotlight. The rhetoric around autism being particularly misdiagnosed or “over-diagnosed” at the moment is really dangerous.
Agreed. I think undereducated people are far too involved in spaces they are not qualified to hold an informed opinion.
Yep. I think more people need to be able to say/think “actually I don’t know enough on this particular issue” and either choose to step back or to actively learn, ask good faith questions and actually start to have an understanding before they start to form opinions.
Nobody knows enough about everything to have an opinion and it’s actually okay not to have an opinion or to be curious before forming and sharing one!
Not to mention the OP is literally referring to autism diagnosis.