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jcq126
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26 Jan 2014, 4:01 am

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Self-diagnosed is a ridiculous term I find, you are not qualified to give a "diagnosis", even if it is to yourself. You can have "Suspected" ASD, but you have no legal or medical ability to use the term diagnosis. Self diagnosed ASD people here will flock to this thread to claim it is legitimate and "they don't need a doctor" to tell them, however I tend to trust an Autism Specialist with 30+ years experience over google on whether or not I have ASD. Not to mention how it discredits all people who are actually diagnosed, especially if you don't actually have it. This is why people roll their eyes when you say you have ASD nowadays, because they assume it's "the boy who cried wolf" because of all the self diagnosed people.


This is what people who do not understand what self-diagnosis is say about it. Like literally, it's pure ignorance.

I am debating whether it's even worth it to try to explain or just shrug and move on.


"Self-Diagnosed" is a pretty self explanatory term, I really don't think you need bother explaining it in further detail. It's a very clear cut issue. Self diagnosis has zero credibility; there is nothing wrong with suspecting you have ASD, however without professional opinion and testing, it should be kept to oneself. No one can diagnose themselves, that is what trained professionals are for and to think otherwise is arrogant.



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26 Jan 2014, 4:06 am

jcq126 wrote:
"Self-Diagnosed" is a pretty self explanatory term, I really don't think you need bother explaining it in further detail. It's a very clear cut issue. Self diagnosis has zero credibility; there is nothing wrong with suspecting you have ASD, however without professional opinion and testing, it should be kept to oneself. No one can diagnose themselves, that is what trained professionals are for and to think otherwise is arrogant.


To write what you wrote here, to tell people that they can't diagnose themselves, to tell them they have zero credibility, all of that is arrogant.

Your opinion is not based on fact, but on dogma. Facts would indicate that people here have self-diagnosed themselves correctly, and will likely continue to do so. That self-diagnosis is a tool that people use to better understand what might be going on and even a prompt to see a professional for help.

Actual professionals who work in autism say things like "if you think you're autistic, you probably are." You're just placing authorities on a pedestal and telling people they have no right to examine or understand their own lives. Pure arrogance.



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26 Jan 2014, 4:29 am

Some members do not have readily available access to professional diagnosis and can only go on what their own research tells them. Dismissing these people on a support site as being somehow "unworthy" or "arrogant" does not help anyone, so I'm locking this thread.


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