• Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    19 hours ago

    Nobody deserves that. I don’t think some people deserve it. I think no people deserve it. Everyone deserves the most fulfilling life possible.

    I don’t want that label because I don’t even have that shit. I’m not Chinese so why should I call myself Chinese? I’m not a man so why should I call myself a man? I don’t have cancer so why should I call myself a cancer patient? It has nothing to do with being above anyone else.

    Everyone deserves a diagnosis that actually means something.

    • webadict@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      18 hours ago

      Then don’t use the label? The point of a diagnostic tool is to help the diagnosed adjust. If you don’t want to use the label, the who is stopping you from not using it? I don’t get the issue.

      • Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        18 hours ago

        A label that varies that much only causes people to never get the assistance they actually need. That’s the issue. So many children are never given the chance to thrive and have fulfilling adult lives.

        Also it’s a dangerously believable scapegoat. So many people will assume a child smears feces and pees themselves because they’re On A Spectrum and not because they’re being raped at home. And then the child never gets help for the trauma, and the rapists get away. I may or may not be speaking from experience.

        • webadict@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          18 hours ago

          … I’ll be real with you, dude… I think you should talk to a therapist. Just let them know about everything you’ve said here, and they’ll be a much better help than I will.

          • Like the wind...@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            17 hours ago

            At this point as much as I bitch about it I don’t even care about what happened to me.

            I just don’t want it to happen to anyone else. And getting rid of a disorder label that only serves as a scapegoat and an excuse to give up on a child is the first step to saving anyone else from experiencing what I experienced and saw.