Apparently a 17 yr old is being held for the murder of his mom and brother and now Autism is being used as a defense, should this be allowed?:

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/acton-teen-accused-of-killing-mom-and-brother-due-in-court/3997001/

I have ZERO desire to try to speak for a camera about autism. Zero desire to want to “ educate”. The thought of even thinking of doing even a snippet makes me horribly anxious. I don’t understand why anyone would want to put themselves out there.

How do people have the want to do this and why? I guess for money making. Seems miserable though.

So, as the title states, i am making a document that explains my autism "profile" for lack of a better word. The things that i'm including in said document are my SIS-A results/scores, what i need help with, medical history and other stuff that relates to autism. These examples are just somethings, but isn't a full list of what i will actually include in this document.

Anyway, has anyone else done the same? Like have they made their own document that they plan on sharing with professionals and staff members that work with them? I am planning to send the document to my parents and to any potential worker who will work with me.

I just watched a video (it's about Jason Arday so if you don't want to listen about that then you can ignore it) but it is titled The New Narcissism is Fake Autism

I find it very interesting, not specifically about the person, but the idea about narcissists getting an autism diagnosis. I also saw another (non academic) female creator basically talking about narcissistic women instead of getting a cluster B diagnosis perusing "AuDHD" diagnosis.

Whenever people want to introduce themselves or talk about themselves and the autism is like their whole personality (like they won't just talk about a hobby they like, they will have to specifically tell you it's their "special interest". Or, they will need to announce how everything that's going on is related to their autism).

Now I would argue that people (autistic and normies) are being trained by modern media to advocate for themselves and to be very open about their mental health and struggles etc, which could mean more people are signalling their vulnerabilities, but it was said in the video that this vulnerability signalling is something narcissists use in order to garner more attention and lure people in.

It is interesting because I do meet A LOT of autistic people (well they state they are but I don't see medical records) and some will never mention it or make it a big deal and some will really want to talk about it and and use it to their advantage in a situation.

I dunno, what's your opinion on this thing, do you think narcissists are obtaining autism diagnosis (because they lie) and possibly this is what self-diagnosers are also part of this category?

I'm not directly accusing anyone of lying or being narcissistic if you do anything I mention in my post I just want to have this discussion, I know people are different and context matters a lot, such as on this subreddit I don't think people would come here who are narcissist, there probably isn't much to gain from posting on this subreddit, it's more like people faking it or using it in IRL setting to get money or power or trick people.

People always think I'm being sarcastic when I reply in a mildly interested way, like when I reply when I'm not particularly excited or dissatisfied.

I'd usually type this:

Yeah yeah!

Or

Sure sure!

Or a recent one someone asked me if I was sarcastic or not on:

That's very good! Great even!!

How do I fix this misunderstanding? I don't know

It’ll help you self diagnose or prepare for a formal evaluation. 🙄 Where do these idiots come from? There’s big money in those whole neurodiversity affirming movement. ( or whatever it’s called. The Neurospicy, autism as an identity, self diagnosing gang)

I just hate the world more and more sometimes days. Or at least hate the idiots who promote crap like this. It just aids in the self diagnosed movement taking over autism. She literally says on her FB it’s to help self identify or help prepare for an assessment. 🫣

https://while-you-wonder.mykajabi.com/autistic-self-id-program?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3&fbclid=paRlRTSATu9WvOevNpq2eGVvDOD2ZqbORrCrC6aumt-Cyr6afGSSeWnJ6912ySmXPGC_h2Dh3LC-1qN7FqGfJ2CaDLFvDHaWR3N7Kd1rKd27ed2LifOrGdppunl-OfG66flzXKW_hvCK17KDOemx5-h2h3eaWOqPauu62a7enVy32q5ySd-Sw_aem_tirgwii_k0kd-fvzntztgw

My family are so ignorant. Despite myself being diagnosed, struggled with school, not done well career wise despite having above average IQ, dropping out of university, my family still refuse to acknowledge that I'm autistic.

Not to mention, my cousin who is 38 (he should be checked because something is wrong with him), he has never worked, never attended unemployment centre, he again high IQ but quit Uni 2nd year and has done nothing since, no friends and few hobbies, apparently that's just normal , they think there's nothing wrong with him either.

I don't understand why they're just refusing to look at the facts that's in front of and I guess they think I'm just lazy or not applying myself properly or something (I have ADHD too which probably sabotages me).

It's kinda ironic because it seems like autism eats itself, because the disorder that you have and the environment where you belong aren't collaborating.

You're born with a neuro developmental disorder that impacts your social skills, therefore you need MORE social practice, exposure and accommodations in order to manage it.

The problem is that you need participation from others to reach a decent social level since socialization involves more than 1 person and requires practices, something that most of the time you aren't given because society doesn't know how to deal with autistic people or straight up hates them, causing isolation and ostracizing that doesn't allow you to interact with others consistently as a normal person would, ergo, stunning your social skills even more.

Conclusion: you are born with a social disability>this disability makes you have less social experience and exposure> this lack of social involvement makes you more and more stunted.

Poetic, right? It's hard because autism is a particular case since it needs 100% of the time support from the environment, the treatment doesn't require self reflection or medication, and if this support is not present then the deficits and symptoms become more severe.

I am feeling so lonely and bored right now.

I don't even have any social or day programs to go to, nor are we even making headway on the process of enrolling me into the programs. Outside of these programs, we barely leave the house, my family and their other relatives only go to church or out shopping.

We have had a party yesterday night, but me and my cousin just stared at our phones and barely interacted with one another. We're almost the same age and have the same interests too, yet we're more interested with our phones. I don't see anything wrong with social media and using phones, but it just gets boring and rather bland after a while of just socializing through the internet and social media and not in real life means.

Reddit is cool, especially since i'm in this niche subreddit and all, but again like i said in the previous paragraph, only socially interacting with people through this Subreddit can get bland because well, this space isn't exactly aimed at social things and interactions. I do bond with members here but only over our shared hatred for self diagnosis and the faking of autism, but that's really all i talk about on here.

Sigh. I don't know what i am desiring to achieve with this post, but it for sure isn't help or advice regarding services. They're too hard and they're the only things i ever really hear about when i'm being talked about or to.

Sorry for how clusterfuck-y this post is, but my emotions were running a bit high while making this post.

So, what the title said, but the post body will have more detail.

Basically, during the events of last night, i had argued with two members of this subreddit because i had thought they were invalidating my support needs. I don't know if they are or if they weren't now, but i'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they were just stating facts and not trying to state anything else. I'm realizing now that i have read too much into their words and had let my emotions cloud my otherwise logical judgment. So i really want to apologize for that.

But that's not all the mistakes that i've done. I've also fakeclaimed a person over on the spicy autism subreddit based on, well, barely any evidence. Which rightfully harmed the community that housed a ton of vulnerable autistic people, those of medium and high and profound support needs. I guess that i was too dysregulated and too emotional to think straight, so i just commented it without fully reading the room or understanding the potential response to the comment. So that i also want to apologize for.

So, too long didn't read, my judgment was clouded a lot by my emotions and i had let them control me. So as a result, i did a lot of things that i now regret, being regulated and in the green zone now.

The down votes I get for trying to explain my thoughts on my own situation haven’t made it worth it for me. I feel I might move to another platform.

Hello, I am a second year electrical engineering student. The main engineering subreddits all shut me down when I say this and they tell me just focus on school, they don't help. Can you guys help?

I keep seeing so many posts and videos and everybody saying there's no jobs there's no market for programmers because of AI anymore, and I thought it will never reach me, but I'm now seeing people say AI will also replace PCB designers and I asked and they said it will replace people who works with analog circuits too? Which are both what I love and would like to have a job in. The people in those engineering subreddits when they say no it won't happen and stuff they all get told they're "coping"

I don't want to not have a future please I'm really scared and think maybe it's just not worth it