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>self diagnosed I was listening to a cbc program about autism on adults the other day. One person being interviewed stated she "identified as autistic". She ha

• faeriechangling 4y ago
  There's people who are like this for purely practical reasons. It's either hard for them to get diagnosed, or they don't see any benefit to it. There's people who are more like this for more ideological reasons. Some people feel doctors underdiagnose the poor, women, and minorities, and consequently, don't know why they should be obligated to fight an uphill battle to get diagnosed from a system not treating people like them correctly. In any case, a fair amount of these "I identify as autistic after taking an online quiz" types actually are autistic. So my policy is to give any such person the benefit of the doubt, at least at first.
• caeril 4y ago
  Let's be honest, here. Psychologists use preponderance of evidence based on both visible and self-reported traits to form diagnoses also. Psychology is not engineering. They're not diagnosing based on log files or material stress reports. They're using precisely the same criteria and weighting as these silly online tests do.