EDIT: please, if you don’t agree with the arguments in the video, come in and discuss, don’t just downvote the thread.
I found this video with many arguments supporting self-diagnosis validity and wanted to share.
Main point may be that there is no valid reason to look for a self-diangosis than the fact of being autistic, and needing support for that. At least until there will be equitable access to medical care, self-diagnosis is the only way for people to understand themself and understand the support they may need in their life.
But, there is much more in the video, take a look at it by yourself!
A real diagnostic test is somewhere between extremely hard and completely impossible to get for a lot of people.
A ton of autistics still need to have some idea of what they are struggling with.
The worst case scenario, that them kids on their tiktoks are WRONG, isn’t scary enough to validate gatekeeping.
relevant XKCD: