I really really don't understand why someone that's neurotypical would want to fake being autistic. Seriously?!? We are bullied and ostracized just for existing. Either that or constantly Invalidated. 90% of the fucking time it's just a struggle to get people to believe we are on the spectrum. We are often meet with "you don't seem autistic" or "prove you are". Which is fucking rude as hell. You don't tell someone to prove they have diabetes, or that they have clinical depression. SMH.
Meanwhile neurotypicals wonder why it's so hard for us to make friends with anyone really. Well for one nobody ever tries to understand us. Even therapists want to change us into something more tangible. More "typical". The average bloke (including you) has no idea what it's like to be marginalized from the start because their brain is wired differently. To be part of a minority that is entirely different than everyone else. Behaviorally, Socially, Sensory, you name it. Imagine being gaslight your entire life even though people acknowledge your strange but won't accept any label to explain why that is.
Imagine being ruthlessly bullied from a young age just for being different, and then someone has the nerve to come along and say your not autistic. Imagine some asshole thinking they know your lived experience better than you do. On the other side of the coin. You do realize there are a ton of people who fall through the cracks and don't get diagnosed but are likely autistic? Im sorry but I had to respond to your comment. I realize there is some ignorant ass people out there but throwing your "you guys are all fakes" narrative around doesn't actually help autistic people either. Now does it? No it just leaves the impression that anyone that's says they're are autistic is up for questioning.
Remember that reality isn't so simple: like you paint it to be. I personally have a dx but I've meet people who identify as on the spectrum without one who were clearly autistic. I've also met clearly autistic individuals who were misdiagnosed by 'professionals' with something similar but different. Only for it to be corrected years down the road by a separate psychologist who specialized in ASD. Just throwing that out there. Sadly the op just wanted to find people he/she could relate to. Seems like this thread belongs in the dumpster fire now because idiots have to ruin shit and some people on this website have an inflated ego ?
Look through my comments on this thread, as well as those of everyone else, and show me one that says, "prove it." While you do that, find one saying, "you don't seem autistic" and one where I said, "you guys are all fakes." I said NONE of those things, nor did anyone else.
No one demanded any proof.
I simply demanded people quit using the labels when they haven't been diagnosed. I say that as a former help giver of someone outside my family with a REAL and debilitating case of autism.
It was heartbreaking.
Yes, contrary to your first sentence, there are many so called "neurotypicals" claiming, outright, they are autistic; in fact, more who do than do not. I am saying, quite simply to those with no interest in twisting my words as you are, to consult a mental health professional for testing and diagnosis, and to stop lightening the seriousness of this often terrible affliction.
Don't worry. Without a diagnosis of autism, you can still be treated for the many things you say are disrupting you, mentally, with the right therapist.
Problem: Not many "neurotypicals" will seek professional help. They already have what they perceive to be their own conditions, and they'd prefer that wasn't tampered with.
"Even therapists want to change us into something more tangible." Change you from what? You presented with an array of maladies, none of which I doubt, but how do you call that array of maladies "tangible?" It is anything but.
You are correct, you will not receive the far too general diagnosis of "neurotypical," since that's not even a formal medical category. A final and formal diagnosis of "neurotypical" isn't even legal. A professional might acknowledge your description of yourself that way, but would then be required to narrow down your separate afflictions and treat them separately.
"...a ton of people who fall through the cracks and don't get diagnosed but are likely autistic." With my last paragraph in mind, you would get the treatment you needed, even if not diagnosed as autistic. That's important, is it not?
"Neurotypical" is a term the neurodiversity movement uses to promote acceptance, something I do believe valid, btw.
"The average bloke (including you) has no idea what it's like to be marginalized."
Do not dare attempt to tell me I don't know how it feels to be marginalized.
Don't even try it. That's as far as I'm going with that on this thread.
No, contrary to what you said, the OP said nothing about "finding people he/she could relate to." He/she didn't say that at all. OP said, "Had a discussion earlier that made me curious about how many autistic zoophiles are on this forum."
That's not an attempt to "relate" to anyone at all; they didn't even say they're autistic.
Discontinuing your twisting of other people's words, to make them say what you need them to say, would be a good start toward improving your life.
