Is it trendy to be autistic these days?

I have never met more autistic people than I have in the past 10 years... I think Doctors just say you're autistic or have ADHD when they can't figure out what your problem is... people who are gluten free is another one. 🤷‍♀️

I think it’s good to have a label because you can get away with most anything

The media portrayal of autism has done it some favours in the way of acceptance and awareness but hasn’t done it much justice in terms of what it’s really like. When people think autism they think Sheldon Cooper and that’s cool cause he’s super smart and hilarious cause he’s odd. It’s really not like that.

No, it isn't trendy, but it is a lot better understood that autism isn't "you have it or you don't" and rather you can be more or less on the spectrum of autism. So it's more common for people to recognize when they display behaviors that are indicative of autism.

No - as you can see from some of the ignorance in this comment section, it’s still pretty shitty to be autistic. People still don’t understand that being autistic isn’t being “quirky” or “not good socially”… it’s having a fundamentally divergent neurological wiring than what most have. Autism isn’t some cutesie oddity, it’s a lens that effects your senses and basically filters the way you experience every single moment of every single day.

Anyone who has any social issues at all is labeled autistic anymore.

It's overdiagnosed.

Being “on the spectrum “ is this years avo toast. Super trendy.

also gluten free. 🙄

appears to be so