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Do you think it is wrong for someone to say they are autistic when they aren't diagnosed?

Heather85

Do you think it is wrong for someone to say they are autistic when they aren't diagnosed?

I don't want to cause any arguments on here just wanted people's honest opinions because I am not diagnosed myself and not sure i want to go down the assessment route and feel at present that I would only be doing so for other people's benefit to prove I am and not my own.

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  • Thank you for all the responses, I really wasn't expecting so many.

    I'm really going through alot at the moment realisation and burnout, was a bad day yesterday and later on after posting this thread i actually phoned my GP and I've got an appointment 21st September to discuss/referral for autism. I know it's a complete U turn on what I posted yesterday but I'm not coping and my life has been very restricted for over half my life and the social aspects all my life.

    I do agree with what others have said about people who see it as a trend thing to say that they are autistic, I feel alot of celebrities and social media influences do this. I also have OCD (diagnosed) and I hate too when people say over a little bit of cleaning that they have it.

  • in reply to Heather85

    You've got to do what's right for you ultimately not for other people. I hope the GP appointment is useful. 

    Misinformation is quite insensitive and disrespectful for me. Though I don't have it, OCD isn't something to poke fun at or "mimic". Burnout is really hard to deal with, but there are related posts on burnout in the community that hopefully help you. 

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  • in reply to Heather85

    You've got to do what's right for you ultimately not for other people. I hope the GP appointment is useful. 

    Misinformation is quite insensitive and disrespectful for me. Though I don't have it, OCD isn't something to poke fun at or "mimic". Burnout is really hard to deal with, but there are related posts on burnout in the community that hopefully help you. 

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