my daughter is on the spectrum

@CestManan So called autistic??? What does that mean?

@Fertilization If you look at @zonavar68 comment, that explains it.
These azzhole doctors and therapists will say anything to get parents to spend money to "fix" their kids whether there is anything wrong with them or not. They pull that stunt with kids as young as two years old.

@Fertilization I think it means that the label high-functioning autism is becoming somewhat questionable, especially if they talk about masking or being diagnosed only later in life because nobody noticed anything out of ordinary about them. I'd say if you spend a week with a person and they don't show any exceptionally abnormal behaviour then what is the label even good for? If someone is capable of masking, then it means they are capable of understanding how society works and control their natural behaviour. If autism means a lack of understanding of social cues then how is one even capable of masking in the first place?
I remember some stories from my friends talking about their schoolmate who was incapable of understanding sarcasm or took everything too literally, not really grasping the concept of metaphors. I'd understand that as an example of high-functioning autism, not some people with some atypical opinions about relationships or other BS some try to present as signs of autism on social media.

@CestManan ADD and ADHD is over-diagnosed, but autism is generally quite easy to detect.

@MartinTheFirst REAL autism yes, not the kind where they just want to run kids through the psyche system.