you are in the right here. it’s mind blowing to think that some disabled people view others with low support needs (LSN) as undeserving of accommodative support… then tack on self-diagnosed (bc it’s $1500 for an assessment in my state) and suddenly it’s mutiny! they’re acting as if ASD or ADHD accommodations are a competitive market or something, as if we’re using the wheelchair accessible seats at venues or the ADA rooms at hotels.

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I’ll start: I never would’ve been able to access the meds I need to function if I hadn’t been confident in pursuing professional diagnosis based on several years of confidence in my own “self-diagnosis” if you don’t live in poverty, if you aren’t on bottom-tier Medicaid, you absolutely cannot fathom what level of institutional gatekeeping some of us are up against. if you aren’t a POC, if you aren’t trans, you have no idea what a massive role bigotry plays in whether we get to access healthcare

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"it's Unfortunate that my peers who I judge as 'high-functioning' are legally entitled to the help they need" is the type of mindset this bad faith attitude leads towards, btw—literally framing it as a bad thing when other neurodivergent people receive accommodations, simply because you personally see them as Undeserving

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I was only diagnosed this year at 27, and it was a “minor” diagnosis (not done with the $1500+ cost of days-long assessment, so no financial support but can use it for work accommodations if needed). Took me years of educating myself, interaction with other Autistic folks, and constantly advocating for myself just to get that. It’s rough. Everyone was undiagnosed at some point, and many can’t even get a simple diagnosis without tons of hoops or costs. It sucks.

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its genuinely just classism at this point…like yeah there are people who are being “trendy” or trying to figure it out, but they arent a problem either. if someone needs an accommodation, they should get an accommodation, end of story

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