• Squizzy@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Cool. I dont get what this post is saying as it relates to autism or trans people.

    I dont get how what you are saying ties to the post.

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      2 days ago

      The comparison they are making is that there was a stage where all of a sudden a bunch of people were claiming to de-transition and people believe it was a kind of co-ordinated thing to “prove” that transgender was just some kind of fad. OL is saying now that they are doing a similar thing with autistic people going back on their diagnosis and that the strings are being pulled by those who want to “prove” that autism is being over-diagnosed.

      Essentially, it’s the “strategy” being used that’s comparable. It’s designed with an agenda.

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        2 days ago

        Ok cool thanks I can see that. Diagnosis can change though, thats refinement and research a work. The autism scare mongering is ridiculous

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          1 day ago

          Diagnosis can and does get retracted, or added to, altered etc. But only some get the spotlight. The rhetoric around autism being particularly misdiagnosed or “over-diagnosed” at the moment is really dangerous.

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      3 days ago

      I am getting that there islikely overlap in anti-lgbt

      Not to mention the OP is literally referring to autism diagnosis.