slate "journalist" diagnoses herself as autistic

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all the resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

Self-diagnosis isn't harmful to you, to your DC, to my DC, or to her DC.

Do you feel so defensive about other autistic adults?

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all t9he resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

+1. I can't believe people are defending this half baked column.

She can spend 3 grand like the rest of us to do the testing, then write about an actual diagnosis.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all t9he resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

+1. I can't believe people are defending this half baked column.

She can spend 3 grand like the rest of us to do the testing, then write about an actual diagnosis.

That's not how adults are diagnosed.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all the resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

You found someone who provided socially inappropriate personal information in an annoying way and don't think that person might actually have autism, because if she really had autism she'd have the social cognition to know she should get a diagnosis before dramatically announcing it on the Internet.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all t9he resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

+1. I can't believe people are defending this half baked column.

She can spend 3 grand like the rest of us to do the testing, then write about an actual diagnosis.

Right, she's a liar because she couldn't have lied and said she spent $3,000 on a diagnosis just to convince people she never met that she isn't lying.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all t9he resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

+1. I can't believe people are defending this half baked column.

She can spend 3 grand like the rest of us to do the testing, then write about an actual diagnosis.

Right, she's a liar because she couldn't have lied and said she spent $3,000 on a diagnosis just to convince people she never met that she isn't lying.

Ms. Harvard is too dumb to do that. Seriously, the desire people have ro believe this columnist is mind boggling.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all t9he resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

+1. I can't believe people are defending this half baked column.

She can spend 3 grand like the rest of us to do the testing, then write about an actual diagnosis.

Right, she's a liar because she couldn't have lied and said she spent $3,000 on a diagnosis just to convince people she never met that she isn't lying.

Ms. Harvard is too dumb to do that. Seriously, the desire people have ro believe this columnist is mind boggling.

I don't care if you believe her or not. What's mind boggling is that anyone could be so offended by an obscure, navel-gazing article because the author dared to say "I have autism," without a doctor's note. Oh the horror!

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all t9he resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

+1. I can't believe people are defending this half baked column.

She can spend 3 grand like the rest of us to do the testing, then write about an actual diagnosis.

Right, she's a liar because she couldn't have lied and said she spent $3,000 on a diagnosis just to convince people she never met that she isn't lying.

Ms. Harvard is too dumb to do that. Seriously, the desire people have ro believe this columnist is mind boggling.

We neither believe nor disbelieve her OP.
The point is we don't care and find it a bit crazy that you do.

You have spent hours on this topic, arguing with numerous people at all hours of the day and night. Obsessed with something that amounts to absolutely nil in your real life.

None of your points is logical or persuasive. It's ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all t9he resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

+1. I can't believe people are defending this half baked column.

She can spend 3 grand like the rest of us to do the testing, then write about an actual diagnosis.

Right, she's a liar because she couldn't have lied and said she spent $3,000 on a diagnosis just to convince people she never met that she isn't lying.

Ms. Harvard is too dumb to do that. Seriously, the desire people have ro believe this columnist is mind boggling.

We neither believe nor disbelieve her OP.
The point is we don't care and find it a bit crazy that you do.

You have spent hours on this topic, arguing with numerous people at all hours of the day and night. Obsessed with something that amounts to absolutely nil in your real life.

None of your points is logical or persuasive. It's ridiculous.

Nailed it. The End.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all t9he resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

+1. I can't believe people are defending this half baked column.

She can spend 3 grand like the rest of us to do the testing, then write about an actual diagnosis.

Right, she's a liar because she couldn't have lied and said she spent $3,000 on a diagnosis just to convince people she never met that she isn't lying.

Ms. Harvard is too dumb to do that. Seriously, the desire people have ro believe this columnist is mind boggling.

We neither believe nor disbelieve her OP.
The point is we don't care and find it a bit crazy that you do.

You have spent hours on this topic, arguing with numerous people at all hours of the day and night. Obsessed with something that amounts to absolutely nil in your real life.

None of your points is logical or persuasive. It's ridiculous.

Nailed it. The End.

that wasn’t OP. multiple skeptics here.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

Whether you believe her diagnosis or not, it is incredible on brand for Nicole Cliffe to self-diagnose herself with, well, whatever she believes she is suffering, and then write a dramatic article about it.

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Anonymous wrote:I admit this gave me a bit of an eye-roll. This lady went to Harvard on a full ride, writes and advice column for Slate and various publications, has 3 kids and a husband. And has just self-diagnose herself with autism..

https://nicole.substack.com/p/a-little-bit-autistic-a-little-bit

Ah, Nicole Cliffe. She is a piece of work (although her parenting advice is usually pretty good).

I used to follow her on Twitter (until she inexplicably blocked me). She is incredibly self-absorbed, loves drama, married a rich guy (which she talks about all the time). She's basically a queen bee type for the digital age.

Just coming in here to say basically the same thing. I've enjoyed a lot of her profiles of people, but Nicole Cliffe is mostly just really into Nicole Cliffe. A few years ago she converted to Christianity and wrote a huge article in Christianity Today about it. Not questioning her religion or her self-diagnosis, but whatever label she's identifying with--she's going to publicize the h*ll out of it.

An autistic person is self absorbed?? You don't say!

You understand autism means self-ism

You think autistic people are dramatic self-promoters? Yet another reason why we should try to stick to more concrete, clinical definitions and diagnoses when it comes to autism.

Unless she was lying about the hyperlexia, sensory issues and social impairment, there's no reason to disbelieve her self diagnosis. I'm not sure why you do disbelieve it.

she's not describing hyperlexia as in an intense interest in letters or words -- she's describing reading quickly and and liking to read, something that many smart kids remember from childhood. Hyperlexia in autistic kids is often disconnected to comprehension and language use.

and I disbelieve it because she's made zero effort to get herself professionally assessed (that she's mentioned), despite having all t9he resources at her fingertips to do so. That, coupled with the dramatic self-reveal, suggests that she's getting secondary gains from claiming autism as an identity, which I think is harmful and annoying.

+1. I can't believe people are defending this half baked column.

She can spend 3 grand like the rest of us to do the testing, then write about an actual diagnosis.

Right, she's a liar because she couldn't have lied and said she spent $3,000 on a diagnosis just to convince people she never met that she isn't lying.

Ms. Harvard is too dumb to do that. Seriously, the desire people have ro believe this columnist is mind boggling.

We neither believe nor disbelieve her OP.
The point is we don't care and find it a bit crazy that you do.

You have spent hours on this topic, arguing with numerous people at all hours of the day and night. Obsessed with something that amounts to absolutely nil in your real life.

None of your points is logical or persuasive. It's ridiculous.

Nailed it. The End.

that wasn’t OP. multiple skeptics here.

Doesn't matter, same nonsense.

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Anonymous wrote:If the journalist were claiming her functioning was unimpaired, there would have been no basis for the article.

OP is saying is that if you are socially impaired enough to notice your own social impairments, but not so impaired that you are immediately moved to get a diagnosis, it is socially improper to call yourself autistic.

You mean the irony of Nicole Cliffe's improper social communication being used as proof she doesn't have autism?

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Anonymous wrote:If the journalist were claiming her functioning was unimpaired, there would have been no basis for the article.

OP is saying is that if you are socially impaired enough to notice your own social impairments, but not so impaired that you are immediately moved to get a diagnosis, it is socially improper to call yourself autistic.

You mean the irony of Nicole Cliffe's improper social communication being used as proof she doesn't have autism?

Yes, exactly.

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An autism diagnosis is extremely subjective. I have gone to multiple psychologists and gotten wildly divergent opinions about whether or not my DC has it. The idea that psychologists do or should have some magic gate-keeping authority about who gets to call themselves autistic is absurd. Anyone can google the DSM-5 criteria, and having a psychology or psychiatry degree might give you some unique knowledge and perspective, but it does not make you somehow objective in opining about whether the criteria of autism diagnoses apply to a particular person.

Same goes for virtually everything else in the DSM.