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I posted the following question for my Social Problems course.

One problem that was touched on in Chapter 2 was Mental Illness. I agree 1,000% on the stigma attached etc. but Psychology has as they say “shot themselves” in the foot. They did this to themselves. Professionals are uneducated for example take the Autism Spectrum. Adults seeking a diagnosis have been told they aren’t “like Rainman” are pretty, are not like a 10 year old child with Autism or best of all you are in college so you can’t possibly have it. But Autism (unknown too many) is a spectrum and it’s not all cognitive issues.



Some such as those with Asperger’s Syndrome are able to think and do well but have social issues mainly among some other things although everyone on the spectrum is unique so some might have eye contact issues others may not etc. What is it going to take for Psychologist/Psychiatrist to actually HELP with behavior issues? Chapter 1’s question from Dr. Flota mention the media which got me to thanking about when some killer goes on a rampage we hear “Psychopath this” “This behavior issue/that behavior issue.” AND YET THEY WONDER WHERE THE DAMN STIGMA COMES FROM SHEESH!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! ! Also if you can’t be in college and have Autism I guess I shouldn’t be in college myself.

I am not sure which professionals you have seen that you are referring to, but I would hope that most of the good ones know better.

Yes I'm sure there are good ones out there but from reading WP comments and experiences they are few/far between and most don't understand the Autism Spectrum. It's a shame all those years and you say you're an expert in Autism and yet we are all Rainman NO!

Sounds good but if this is for academic course I would say it needs some grammar editing to make it more digestible for everyone. If you like I will lend you my red pen

Indeed. To start with, there is no such thing as 1000%

I know. I did 1,000% for dramatic affect. Also yes my grammar sucks I usually focus on getting my words onto paper and grammar is a far second since this isn't a "research paper" and just a discussion class messageboard I'm not to picky over grammar.

That works then. I used to grade college English papers so can be hypercritical

Cool. When I was in college in the past I had a teacher put on a Post It "Very Thourogh honey but have someone check for grammatical errors." She could have slapped a C or F on it but didn't. With my grammar and typing issues I've had a college professor ask if I'm dyslexic I said no which shocked her.

Something I see a lot of is outright dismissal of self-reporting. Like a study I found that supposedly demonstrated that autistic people don't daydream based on brain imaging data, but apparently no one bothered to ask the autistic people they scanned.

(engage pedantry)

Well, actually there is. If I buy stock for $1 per share and sell it for $1000 then it is far more than a 100% profit.

(pedant sequence ended)

I stand corrected