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[(Anonymous)]

But it isn't as valid as getting a proper diagnosis by a professional, nor is it as well-founded because no matter how much you read on the internet and how much you trust your lived experiences, you have not actually studied the subject in depth and you dont know if you're missing something important that might lead to a different diagnosis.

Yes, I more or less agree with this.

The problem is that this does not justify the position being taken, which is that self-diagnosis is bad and people who self-diagnose are definitely not autistic. It doesn't justify the position that people who self-diagnose are just awkward and have never met an autistic person. It doesn't justify that self-diagnosis is purely confirmation bias or wishful thinking. It doesn't justify that self-diagnosis is intrinsically wrong in all cases.

What it means is that you should have somewhat less certainty about whether or not you have autism if you're self-diagnosed, and you shouldn't appoint yourself the expert and sole source of knowledge on the autistic condition. But it's still a fairly reasonable and possible to say "OK based on my lived experience and reasonable research on the subject, I think it's fairly likely that I have autism" and it's reasonable in many cases for people to proceed on that basis. And that's before you get into the fact that access to diagnosis is not universal, and that professional understanding and diagnostic procedures are also deeply imperfect in their own right (although I agree that fundamentally professional diagnosis is better, more valid, and desirable; I'm just saying that we're not at a state where professional diagnosis is 100% accuracy rate).

But, yeah, you can make nuanced points about self-diagnosis, but it doesn't justify the total hostility to self-diagnosis that's displayed throughout this thread.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with most of this, I'm not saying all self-dianosis must 100% be wrong. Also yes, the hostility us unnecessary. Though to be fair, a lot of self-diagnosed people (not the majority, but also not a small number)like to try to use their self-diagnosed conditions as a get-out-of-jail-free card when they behave badly, so I kinda get where some of the aversion comes from.