• Haui@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    I know and I wasn’t specifically addressing that picture but also multiple comments stating that someone might abuse self diagnosis, which to me is just gatekeeping.

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      1 year ago

      That’s not gatekeeping

      This is gatekeeping:

      We „the autistic community“ have decided that self diagnosis is valid and that is a fact. So lets just not discuss

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        1 year ago

        No, it is not.

        From oxford languages:

        the activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something. “Wal-Mart’s cultural gatekeeping has served to narrow the mainstream for entertainment offerings”