I would rather let a “special snowflake” into the autistic community than exclude an autistic that needs support and cannot get a clinical diagnosis.
I would rather validate ten “special snowflakes” than invalidate one autistic who needs support and cannot get a clinical diagnosis.
I would rather welcome a hundred “special snowflakes” without question than force an autistic to disclose their entire life to me just to get the support they need when they cannot get a clinical diagnosis.
I would rather help those that don’t need help, than deny help to those that need it.
and as someone with a complicated situation that means I’m not officially diagnosed and am currently between being self diagnosed and professionally diagnosed, I’ve known the whole time since I started looking into autism (almost 5 years ago) that even on the off-chance that I’m not autistic and it’s something else (or a combination of somethings) I would rather be “wrongly” accepted into the autistic community and get the help I need from a knowledgeable, experienced, supportive community than pushed away and left to suffer alone.
^^^^^ THIS
Thank you!
I can afford to be ‘tricked’ into helping someone, but I cannot afford to miss the chance to help someone who needs it. That’s my essential mode. It just is not worth the risk.
I absolutely love the rewording of the OP! This is amazing way to look at it.
bongdanceking 