I remember back in the 2000s - 2012ish it used to actually mean something, if someone had autism then they were actually disabled and it was obvious.
90% of the "conversation" around autism today is a bunch of handwavey bullshit. There's no incentive for people to be intellectually honest. It's now a moral hazard because so many people are "attached" to the label and get accommodations out of it. You can pay phony therapists online to just go straight to a diagnosis so you can get accommodations. There are financial and political incentives in diagnosing more people.
People can't have an honest conversation around it either because it's such a charged issue. We either get one side that wants to expand the scope of autism to infinity or the RFK vaccine bullshit
90% of the "conversation" around autism today is a bunch of handwavey bullshit. There's no incentive for people to be intellectually honest. It's now a moral hazard because so many people are "attached" to the label and get accommodations out of it. You can pay phony therapists online to just go straight to a diagnosis so you can get accommodations. There are financial and political incentives in diagnosing more people.
People can't have an honest conversation around it either because it's such a charged issue. We either get one side that wants to expand the scope of autism to infinity or the RFK vaccine bullshit