Leo Fernevak on Nostr: Back in the 1980'ies and 1990'ies, actual autism was rare. Since I've never had ...
Back in the 1980'ies and 1990'ies, actual autism was rare.
Since I've never had autism symptoms I was curious to take a few online tests. My impression is that some of the tests falsely equates introversion with autism, thereby risking to misdiagnose a high percentage of a population.
When a preference for not going to parties is registered as a mild form of autism it becomes clear that this is not a scientific or meaningful test. It tells me that the purpose is to misdiagnose individuals with a condition that they have no symptoms for.
I find it very concerning that children might be misdiagnosed with a rare condition for simply enjoying and preferring productive and creative activities over going to parties.
When did creativity, the individuation process and setting boundaries become a condition? And what is the point of defining a condition without symptoms?
Since I've never had autism symptoms I was curious to take a few online tests. My impression is that some of the tests falsely equates introversion with autism, thereby risking to misdiagnose a high percentage of a population.
When a preference for not going to parties is registered as a mild form of autism it becomes clear that this is not a scientific or meaningful test. It tells me that the purpose is to misdiagnose individuals with a condition that they have no symptoms for.
I find it very concerning that children might be misdiagnosed with a rare condition for simply enjoying and preferring productive and creative activities over going to parties.
When did creativity, the individuation process and setting boundaries become a condition? And what is the point of defining a condition without symptoms?