Autism Being over diagnosed?

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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  • I must admit I can’t say I really know the answer to this one. But I do feel I should mention this, when it comes to the nhs I failed the AQ10 which I didn’t score high on but when I did the AQ50 I scored very high even on the scores of the AQ10 questions if that makes sense but I was only able to get an AQ50 from a psychiatrist and I only got to see them because I actually got lucky with a GP. But when I got the referral for the autism assessment via the local centre, I wasn’t even told how long I had to wait for but everyone had said they felt like they weren’t listened to, some say they didn’t think they were autistic though they got diagnosed and visa versa. When the right the choose thing was available I was able to get to speak with the nice GP who used my right to choose thing I was able to go with psych uk and I only waited like 5 months with them and I was lucky to get a very nice psychiatrist who even mentioned that we had built a good rapport during our session. When my parents had work done on their house, one of the workmen had three children and they were all diagnosed with autism but they all went privately. I’m in no way medically qualified in anyway to say this but those kids got diagnosed as children (all in their 20s now) but they were all able to socialise, mix, make friends, have romantic relationships etc where as I am only level 1 autistic but I suffer with sensory issues, racing thoughts, irritated super easily like I can go from 0-100 in the split second. Personally I wouldn’t say those kids were autistic at all but there again I have eupd and ptsd so maybe that’s why I struggle more. I guess my point is you just have to be lucky these days in the hope you get a good psychiatrist. If non of what I said is related to this post then please do forgive me I am still nervous with forums and speaking here is challenging in itself for me. If you managed to read this thank you 

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  • I must admit I can’t say I really know the answer to this one. But I do feel I should mention this, when it comes to the nhs I failed the AQ10 which I didn’t score high on but when I did the AQ50 I scored very high even on the scores of the AQ10 questions if that makes sense but I was only able to get an AQ50 from a psychiatrist and I only got to see them because I actually got lucky with a GP. But when I got the referral for the autism assessment via the local centre, I wasn’t even told how long I had to wait for but everyone had said they felt like they weren’t listened to, some say they didn’t think they were autistic though they got diagnosed and visa versa. When the right the choose thing was available I was able to get to speak with the nice GP who used my right to choose thing I was able to go with psych uk and I only waited like 5 months with them and I was lucky to get a very nice psychiatrist who even mentioned that we had built a good rapport during our session. When my parents had work done on their house, one of the workmen had three children and they were all diagnosed with autism but they all went privately. I’m in no way medically qualified in anyway to say this but those kids got diagnosed as children (all in their 20s now) but they were all able to socialise, mix, make friends, have romantic relationships etc where as I am only level 1 autistic but I suffer with sensory issues, racing thoughts, irritated super easily like I can go from 0-100 in the split second. Personally I wouldn’t say those kids were autistic at all but there again I have eupd and ptsd so maybe that’s why I struggle more. I guess my point is you just have to be lucky these days in the hope you get a good psychiatrist. If non of what I said is related to this post then please do forgive me I am still nervous with forums and speaking here is challenging in itself for me. If you managed to read this thank you 

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