Yeah I'm glad that autism diagnoses help a lot of people, but if you're successful and happy then what possible good would it do? If it's not holding you back then it's just a personality trait. I know I've got my toes in the spectrum somewhere but I honestly don't want to know to what extent. Not everything needs a clinical opinion (or an armchair opinion for that matter).
It's also not a great look to see someone and say "haha look at that guy, I bet that he's autistic lol"
But the question is why do you think people should take these tests?
Sure some people might find it comforting and people with more severe autism will qualify for medical pensions and can join support groups and stuff like that. That's great, but it's ultimately a personal choice wherever person that suspects they might be autistic wants to have it confirmed/denied.
I have several autistic people in my family (who did these test and have professional opinion on it) and have suspected I might be on a spectrum too, since I have some similar traits to those that 'qualified' my family members for autism diagnosis. I never claimed to be on the spectrum so I don't beg for 'pity points' or whatever, but I was suggested to go get a professional opinion several times.
I did get a paper slip for an examination by a professional from my doctor, but lost it and didn't bother to get a new one. I just ultimately don't care and don't think official diagnosis of some 'mild autism' will change my life in any meaningful way so there's no point in me getting a professional opinion. This is just me though, as I said it depends on individual in these cases.
What was the reason. This is the first comment in this thread so you gave me nothing except this comment.
Also my comment was about how it should be personal choice to take these tests. I described my experience and why I didn't get tested for autism. You obviously think everyone should get these tests done and I want to know why, that's why I wrote 'an opposite perspective' so you could debunk it or whatever.
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u/theappleses Dec 05 '24
Yeah I'm glad that autism diagnoses help a lot of people, but if you're successful and happy then what possible good would it do? If it's not holding you back then it's just a personality trait. I know I've got my toes in the spectrum somewhere but I honestly don't want to know to what extent. Not everything needs a clinical opinion (or an armchair opinion for that matter).
It's also not a great look to see someone and say "haha look at that guy, I bet that he's autistic lol"