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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The tone of this whole thread is really disappointing, coming from someone who was recently diagnosed as a 38 year old successful adult. Having a diagnosis and knowing why the world has always seemed so different for me means the world. But my “quirks” are precisely why I was very good at school and now have a very good job. There’s some argument that parts of autism were evolutionary advantageous. No, I don’t want a cure. I am happy diagnosis rates are going up so that kids don’t have to wait until nearly 40 to understand themselves. Acceptance and changing norms is absolutely what’s needed. Let kids unmask. [/quote]

Following the rules isn't "masking".  Having a public face and a private face isn't masking either.  It's getting along in the world.[/quote]

Yea, no. These “rules” were set by one type of person. Masking is exhausting and leads to depression and anxiety. Forcing conformity for ND people is exactly the issue. [/quote]

This is such absolute bullshit.   There may be a small percentage of people that have depression and anxiety because they are "masking", but the vast majority of children that are suffering autism/adhd/anxiety/depression are  suffering because there is something WRONG.  It is never going to be normal that so many children are incapable of functioning at home, in school, in  society at large.   Every other post in some forums I read is about a child with extreme anxiety, depression, etc.    It's NOT OK, and the concept that it may be because society doesn't "understand" them, is ridiculous.

The fact that a few people with autism can claim they have some advantage IN ADDITION TO having autism, in no way outweighs the extreme disadvantages that is apparent if anyone cares to look.  There are families destroyed, futures that are uncertain, financial wreckage on both a personal and societal scale, and last not certainly not least, a huge amount of children and now adults that are suffering BECAUSE of an illness that affects their brain.  If the same number of people were affected by an illness that affected their heart, for example, it would be a very very different story.

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