"Ew, look at this person faking ADHD / Autism for attention, I bet this upsets actually ADHD / Autistic people so much, I'm only defending the neurodivergent people you guys!"
YouTube commentary channels just like limbo dancing with the devil, don't they? The crap they do for that adsense and sponsor money...
First of all: If we need "defending", we'll let you know. Until then, maybe stop infantilising us and allow us to have our own agency.
Second: I'd like to see your diploma from med school. Why are you the authority on symptoms for these disabilities? Would you maybe take a moment and think about the massive number of adults being diagnosed now, especially women and PoC, due to the diagnosis criteria having been ridiculously strict and very much catered to only very few stereotypical symptoms found in mostly cis white male children? Are you unaware of how hard it could be to diagnose either? How long it takes for some? Do you even understand what people mean when they say that Autism is a spectrum? Maybe stop assuming that someone is faking it because their symptoms don't perfectly align with the ones you're reading off WebMD.
Third: Most of the people I see bothered by someone possibly faking ADHD / Autism are either neurotypical or, if they are neurodivergent, they aren't ADHD or Autistic. Trust me, I do not care. Unless it is being used to affect me in a negative way by mocking me or stigmatising my disabilities I do not care. Anyone faking a disability probably has their own problems that they need to figure out and work through. They probably feel like it's really hard to figure out what's "wrong" with them. They're different too and just don't know in which way or how to figure it out. Give them the room to do so. They aren't doing it to harm others.
I'd like to remind you lunatics of something that happened when we had those "weebo stories" blogs where people sent the stories about their unhinged encounters with weebs: Once someone stabbed a wheelchair bound person on their thigh with a fork to "prove that they weren't disabled". Another time, someone tried to prove in various ways that a blind person wasn't blind. You're on the same damn level as these people, making it your personal crusade to "prove" that someone isn't disabled because you want content. It's unhinged.
The lack of empathy for others these days gets more and more exhausting, but you constantly stereotype people like me as lacking empathy. Good grief...
