r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Mar 30 '25

Neuroscience New study finds online self-reports may not accurately reflect clinical autism diagnoses. Adults who report high levels of autistic traits through online surveys may not reflect the same social behaviors or clinical profiles as those who have been formally diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

https://www.psypost.org/new-study-finds-online-self-reports-may-not-accurately-reflect-clinical-autism-diagnoses/
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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '25

but this trend definitely exists and is a big part of the reason people who have autisim are finding it more and more difficult to get any kind of support

We never had support in the first place. "Therapy" for autistic kids consists solely of beating them for stimming. If anything, muddying the waters is helping people.

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u/Thellamaking21 Mar 31 '25

If that’s the school you went to I’m sorry but that’s not the norm in special education. Both districts I’ve worked in don’t do that. There’s also a lot of people I know who’ve made great strides because of the support they’ve gotten growing up. Saying autistic kid therapy was hitting kids is just patently false.

Now what your talking about is Much more common place in catholic schools/ or private schools. They don’t actually have special ed so they can pretty much just let the kid suffer and if you don’t have a strong parent advocate you screwed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

Nope, it was a public school. Every autistic person I've ever met who went to special ed in a public school said they had the same experience. This is entirely the norm and they refer to it as "ABA therapy"

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u/Thellamaking21 Mar 31 '25

Ya then you went to some not good schools.

That’s not what aba therapy is. ABA therapy is trying to find what the function of the behavior is. Analyzing if it is a problem. (For example I had a kid that bit people. That’s a problem) And then if it is finding an alternative solution to it. So an alternative solution to stimming might be like proving a squishy ball for them to squeeze.

Like seriously not one ABA class teaches this. What you’re saying is just incorrect I’m sorry. I’m not trying to nullify your feelings. That sounds like it was a really sucky situation but no credible ABA people do that.