If it wasn't something people were flocking to like neurotypicals that is now a valuable part of their identity they'd just be honest and say that a lot of these people would have to give up their diagnosis. Funny enough, before autism became a fad there were 5 different conditions for it in the DSM...
Look at the case of Kanye West
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/sick-people-are-sick
There was this study that found that "autists" have 5 different diseases
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2025/07/09/major-autism-study...
If it wasn't something people were flocking to like neurotypicals that is now a valuable part of their identity they'd just be honest and say that a lot of these people would have to give up their diagnosis. Funny enough, before autism became a fad there were 5 different conditions for it in the DSM...
https://spectrumofhope.com/blog/5-different-types-of-autism/
Now we need an "awareness of everybody who isn't autistic" movement.