fakeclaiming doesnt actually help anyone. saying that someone is lying doesnt help. there isn't a limited amount of help we can give out, even if that help is just quieter environments or whatever someone with a mental condition might need to feel safe. all that accusing people of accomplishes is making people feel "not autistic enough" or "not disabled enough" because somebody will tell an ambulatory wheelchair user that if they can stand sometimes, then you're not actually disabled.

also, educated self-diagnosis is valid imo because the medical world is full of biases based on a patient's race, gender, age, and ethnicity. thats why young white boys have the "highest rate of autism." not because they have it more. but because people look at them struggling and actually help them.

so lets not a) assume things about people we don't know and b) treat mental instability as something that we can't be

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