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I hope you NEVER quit the forum, @Suzette !! Your absence would be a great loss to this community. Self-identifying isn't even in the same universe as someone intentionally faking something. Self-identifying is a 100% legitimate action when done with honest self-discovery.
Noted.Even there are autism fakers, i don't think that trying to discover them or call them out is worth it. It could be damaging to people both with autism and people that genuinely believe they have autism, like others have also said.
I was warned by a high functioning autist that there are people who fake the condition. Has anyone encountered this in real life?
https://www.quora.com/Why-would-some-people-fake-having-autism
*hugs* I would never think this about you or anyone else here.I am self identified as on the spectrum. I have a lot of anxiety and feel like an imposter all the time. "Do people think I am faking?" Ugh! More than once I have thought I should quit the forum.
The thing of it is, the cost of analysis and diagnosis is way too expensive for me. Unless I get lucky and get an assessment for free, I will never have that little card.
Lots of folk will have their opnion about me. Some will even call me faker. I don't know what to say about that. It's too bad.
I'm not denying that there are individuals out there who fake things for personal gain. It would be naive to think otherwise. I'm simply stating I've never personally met or known anyone who did this. Many of us hear of these things by "word of mouth" (through media or online venues), but we don't see them happening firsthand. This makes me question just how common an occurrence it really is.It does happen unfortunately. If you are disabled in some way in Norway, it`s possible to get what you need for free, a place to live and food and such. So people do try to fake things sometimes, even autism.
While I did not know about autism back when I was struggling socially, I would have given anything to be normal. Who would want to claim something that so cruelly impacts one's life?It could be a form of Munchausen Syndrome or Factitious Disorder or whatever the heck they call it now. Autism is not a disease, but that wouldn't stop some people faking it to get sympathy and positive attention. Which is freaking hilarious since most of us on the spectrum have been treated like literal garbage and often still are.