> It's become a vanity diagnosis for the rich and powerful.
It hasn't "become" anything and it's completely irrelevant to this discussion, take Kanye's behavior up with him.
> There was this study that found that "autists" have 5 different diseases
> Funny enough, before autism became a fad there were 5 different conditions for it in the DSM...
A few things to unpack:
1. autism isn't a disease, it's a disorder (or a difference from average)
2. they identified 4 *subtypes* of ASD, not distinct disorders
3. these subtypes have nothing in common with the conditions that were removed from the DSM-5
4. these are serious issues that have always had profound effects on people's lives, the only difference is that they used to suffer alone, in silence. Increased awareness doesn't make it a "fad" and your snotty, dismissive attitude towards them doesn't belong here or anywhere else
It hasn't "become" anything and it's completely irrelevant to this discussion, take Kanye's behavior up with him.
> There was this study that found that "autists" have 5 different diseases
> Funny enough, before autism became a fad there were 5 different conditions for it in the DSM...
A few things to unpack:
1. autism isn't a disease, it's a disorder (or a difference from average)
2. they identified 4 *subtypes* of ASD, not distinct disorders
3. these subtypes have nothing in common with the conditions that were removed from the DSM-5
4. these are serious issues that have always had profound effects on people's lives, the only difference is that they used to suffer alone, in silence. Increased awareness doesn't make it a "fad" and your snotty, dismissive attitude towards them doesn't belong here or anywhere else