Verified or self-diagnosed Autistic/ADHD badges

What problem are you trying to solve?

Will you view people's comments differently if you know their position, or give them more leeway?

I think verified badge may helpful with trust/confidence/pride. I don't think anonymity is really an issue as we are already anonymous.

I can see some members here have been in the community a long time built a rapport and made a huge contribution. So it would not be to discredit them, or to give people with badges any role higher than other members.

I wouldn't view another user differently, but I would understand what they are saying better knowing their position. 

I don't want or need another group with hierarchy. I just need a place where I can find someoneto engage with (i did already), and be myself.

Its a multifacted thing. In my mind I would like to solve two problems at once but thats been viewed genrally as soemthing that might make the site less inclusive. That means accepting too that there will be large numbers of NT users accessing the site, they are welcome too.

I do know what you mean, it's easy to 'research' how to act autistic, but the difficulty in trying to protect it is the base problem people have with being autistic? I admire you trying to figure out how to address that, it's very difficult ground to tread.

Kind of yes. There are many angles. The nature of the website makes it a target.I know the rules warn against giving away information or meeting with people IRL. I wanted to know others feelings, I think I got them!!

I am trying to think of that movie with Edward Norton where he goes to all of the recovery groups for conditions he does not have, only to discover someone else is doing the same thing. It disgusts him that someone would do this.

Ok, thank you for explanation and i apologise for misunderstanding. I had no idea, that there are such people out there. Even in this forum I feel quite often overwhelmed and take breaks. In my case being not diagnosed is not my choice. It's how my life was complicated.  If I have the chance to get tested I will go for it. I received a lot of support in this forum and I got also occasionally feedback from someone that I helped them. This forum is very important for me. I understand,  that you would like to keep this space safe only for autistic people or those who relate to autism in some ways. But I also saw post from moderators,  that they put new profiles under review,  so looks like they are aware of the site being abused in some ways. I'm curious, if moderators have any opinion about tge idea with badges.

I think I understand pietro_21 that you value this place so much that you want to keep it sacred almost. Me too. I admire that.  

I'm surprised people would come on here if they didn't have some connection to ND and need help and support.

At the core of my being there is something that drives fairness and equality and if this site became biased in some way, that would make me sad.

I don’t want people seeking personal gratification from my experiences of if I am sharing them in confidence 

I don’t want people seeking personal gratification from my experiences of if I am sharing them in confidence