Autism do you believe "high-functioning" autism is real and can you grow out of it

baqqrih said:
His point isn't that autists should shape up and act "normal" because of what he thinks.
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Autism is real. I've had a while to think about this and I can confirm that Autism is real, but I wouldn't classify it as a mental disorder. Autism is a set of neurodivergent behaviour patterns, or simply put is neurodivergency. Autism is a completely normal thing to have, it is not disorderly. Psychiatrists are evil particularly because I suppose, they can identify a "mental disorder" in anyone and everyone so that they can sell them pills that they don't need, like with depression for example, which is extremely common. However these medications may genuinely help with some people, like with schizophrenia, for example.

It's important to note however that the discussion is about the existence of autism and as someone with autism, I can confirm that autism exists, but from Aedra's point of view, the discussion is primarily about the existence of mental disorders, not the existence of autism. If we simply remove autism from being a "mental disorder" and treat it not as a disability, but a different ability, then I suppose the legitimacy of mental disorders can be put into question. What I would say however is that the psychology is correct and the behavioural patterns that these people have are definitely noticeable and perhaps differ from the norm, whether or not that makes it a "disorder" is unclear to me. I would say that schizophrenia is a disorder, perhaps bipolar too, are they not? Something like Tourettes, ADHD, OCD or autism is easy to live with, but someone with schizophrenia or bipolarity may have a harder time living.

I feel like at some point we're playing semantics though, for example, mental differences in behavioural patterns exist, but they are not "disabilities, illnesses or disorders" they're more like mental differences which everyone has, which genes may contribute a factor in and these differences need not be cured or "treated". To what length "mental disorders do not exist" is to be explored, for example, we're not saying that autism isn't real or schizophrenia isn't real or ADHD isn't real but rather that they are real, but they're normal and they're not disorders, theres nothing wrong with you. I would say that we should allow the labels for them to exist and instead call them neurodevelopmental differences and not disorders.
soiboi said:
Autism isn't "real" in a sense because it's the norm. Normies are the true retards
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Essentially yeah, autism is real, it's normal, but it's classification as a mental disorder is false.
IMO though if normies think theres something wrong with me they give me free money so why should I complain
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Soygoy said:
Autism is real. I've had a while to think about this and I can confirm that Autism is real, but I wouldn't classify it as a mental disorder. Autism is a set of neurodivergent behaviour patterns, or simply put is neurodivergency. Autism is a completely normal thing to have, it is not disorderly. Psychiatrists are evil particularly because I suppose, they can identify a "mental disorder" in anyone and everyone so that they can sell them pills that they don't need, like with depression for example, which is extremely common. However these medications may genuinely help with some people, like with schizophrenia, for example.

It's important to note however that the discussion is about the existence of autism and as someone with autism, I can confirm that autism exists, but from Aedra's point of view, the discussion is primarily about the existence of mental disorders, not the existence of autism. If we simply remove autism from being a "mental disorder" and treat it not as a disability, but a different ability, then I suppose the legitimacy of mental disorders can be put into question. What I would say however is that the psychology is correct and the behavioural patterns that these people have are definitely noticeable and perhaps differ from the norm, whether or not that makes it a "disorder" is unclear to me. I would say that schizophrenia is a disorder, perhaps bipolar too, are they not? Something like Tourettes, ADHD, OCD or autism is easy to live with, but someone with schizophrenia or bipolarity may have a harder time living.

I feel like at some point we're playing semantics though, for example, mental differences in behavioural patterns exist, but they are not "disabilities, illnesses or disorders" they're more like mental differences which everyone has, which genes may contribute a factor in and these differences need not be cured or "treated". To what length "mental disorders do not exist" is to be explored, for example, we're not saying that autism isn't real or schizophrenia isn't real or ADHD isn't real but rather that they are real, but they're normal and they're not disorders, theres nothing wrong with you. I would say that we should allow the labels for them to exist and instead call them neurodevelopmental differences and not disorders.

Essentially yeah, autism is real, it's normal, but it's classification as a mental disorder is false.
IMO though if normies think theres something wrong with me they give me free money so why should I complain
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But then again, from the POV of someone with autism, is autism actually real or maybe I'm the normal one and the neurotypicals are the evil ones?
Preferably I see no reason as to why labels that categorize differences in behavioural patterns shouldn't exist, but ultimately, this topic is not about the idea that autism isn't real and people are just faking it but rather that autism is real and what that means is that someone is just neurodivergent, but ultimately it is not a mental disorder, instead psychiatrists have labeled it as such to attempt to get money off of attempting to cure neurodivergence.
 
GnuAintUnix said:
OHOHOHOHOHOHO YOU ALSO GOT BULLIED IRL BY SPERGS GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEG
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No I didn't get bullied by them; I just find them annoying. There's one at my college (confirmed; he at the "infinity club" booth at the club fair yesterday) who's a sophomore; he has an annoying speech impediment.
 
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