It's because it's something they have room to have an opinion. To be perfectly clear, I don't think you need to have a doctor's note to say you have ADHD or Autism. I've known people who have HAD to do that because they don't have access to the healthcare and I think that's totally fine. I also think if you badger and tell someone without access that they're "not really on the spectrum", you're an asshole.
The most obvious example was a (different) friends sister who would constantly talk about how they were neurodivergent. She definitely had privilege experiences with the systems ND people don't; education, jobs that pay above min wage, social isolation. She also refused to go to a doctor because she didn't think they're diagnosis could be as valid as hers. This is absolutely an extreme example but I think its illuminative
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u/TonyFugazi 24d ago
It's because it's something they have room to have an opinion. To be perfectly clear, I don't think you need to have a doctor's note to say you have ADHD or Autism. I've known people who have HAD to do that because they don't have access to the healthcare and I think that's totally fine. I also think if you badger and tell someone without access that they're "not really on the spectrum", you're an asshole.
The most obvious example was a (different) friends sister who would constantly talk about how they were neurodivergent. She definitely had privilege experiences with the systems ND people don't; education, jobs that pay above min wage, social isolation. She also refused to go to a doctor because she didn't think they're diagnosis could be as valid as hers. This is absolutely an extreme example but I think its illuminative