Saying everyone's a little autistic to validate self-diagnosis doesn't help things. While self-diagnosis is valid, saying that everyone's a little autistic invalidates autistic experiences.

It invalidates the validation



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I've heard so many reasons why people self-diagnose, and their reasons show several faults in the system. Accessibility, stigmatization, ableism, racism, sexism, ageism, and so much more.

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