• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      That’s the era they want to drag us back into, even if it costs us suicide and/or substance abuse.

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      Yes. This is an artifact of a destigmatization coupled with better diagnostics for evaluating ASD. More people aren’t autistic, more people are being diagnosed and receiving counseling for coping with the neurldivergence in a cold and uncaring neurotypical world.