• @[email protected]
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    31 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.

    • @Cryophilia
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      -21 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

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Gatekeeping is specifically excluding people for arbitrary stated reasons. You’re keeping the gate closed when you gatekeep

        • @Cryophilia
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          11 year ago

          so let’s just not discuss

      • @[email protected]
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        01 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”

        • @Cryophilia
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          11 year ago

          so let’s just not discuss