Fnord wrote:
andrewlavigne wrote:
Why doesn't it occur to these therapists that a person on the spectrum might very well want a label for the sake of having a label?
"
For the sake of having a label"? Is
THAT why people self-diagnose? So that they can have a
label?
There are not enough varieties of
facepalm images to cover that one.
While I appreciate you trying to rope me into your weird crusade against the self-diagnosed, that is not nearly what I meant. I meant that having a label for oneself makes one's difficulties intelligible and thus manageable. Being able to put a name on something makes that thing simpler to understand and deal with. Autistics like order and putting a name on one's difficulties allows for such order. I meant nothing about people self-diagnosis as a matter of arbitrary personal identity.
07 Nov 2013, 12:11 pm
