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Autism Being over diagnosed?

Kvothe

Just Dr Max Pemberton saying autism is over diagnosed.. Not sure what to make of it tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnr4bCF1mV4&t=28s

He says i have worked in Autism places but that doesnt make him an expert on Autism.. Makes me wonder what his end goal is.

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  • As getting an autism assessment takes either pestering often unsympathetic GPs, then waiting for years on the NHS waiting list, or paying out a considerable amount of money, if 'going private', I do not see that anyone pursues an autism diagnosis on a mere whim. The people who jump though hoops and wait, often in desperation, for years, or who cough up a thousand pounds or so, are desperate to get answers about why they are the way they are and why they have problems in life that others do not seem to have. If the answer to their bewilderment is that they are autistic then they should be diagnosed and to Hell with the nay-sayers!

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  • As getting an autism assessment takes either pestering often unsympathetic GPs, then waiting for years on the NHS waiting list, or paying out a considerable amount of money, if 'going private', I do not see that anyone pursues an autism diagnosis on a mere whim. The people who jump though hoops and wait, often in desperation, for years, or who cough up a thousand pounds or so, are desperate to get answers about why they are the way they are and why they have problems in life that others do not seem to have. If the answer to their bewilderment is that they are autistic then they should be diagnosed and to Hell with the nay-sayers!

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