I'll give my devils advocate statement. As a background, I was not diagnosed until I was in my early 30s. That was after years of bouncing from doctor to doctor

I'll give my devils advocate statement. As a background, I was not diagnosed until I was in my early 30s. That was after years of bouncing from doctor to doctor, every one before that giving a different diagnosis with a treatment that didn't work. None of the previous doctors even touched on ASD/ADHD. > And if they are found to not have those characteristics, well, what does that mean for them? Does it mean their issues aren't real? Of course not. No, but I think the fear for some, is the question of "Well WTF happens then?" Diagnosis and treatment of comorbidities (ADHD + social anxiety) let me go from being in a dead end hourly job to a person who has a moderately successful career, has been able to make impactful contributions to open source, and be able to mostly function as an adult. I'm not against research, but if there is a different thing going on with some people I don't want to see them forgotten.