I frankly find it stupid how every type of autism has converted under ASD without really any distinction apart from support needs I believe, like someone with very mild low support needs autism gets the same benefits as a very high support needs low functioning autist.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah. Massive difference between those who have mild autistic issues an those who are essential disabled from normal life by it.

Yet the former seem to think they are the ones who are 'truly' suffering.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And this goes further too due to the ambiguity. Here in Australia we have the NDIS, national disability insurance scheme, which is just that, to help the disabled, but as of recent there has been a sharp increase of cases of autistic children, and most have been on the borderline of not being diagnosed, and they still receive the same assistance, which is putting a huge strain on the NDIS.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sad, but not surprising. I agree with social and disability payments but I am not naive enough to think they are often abused and exploited. Many people are getting assistance that should not, and many who desperately need it get none.

USA has lots of issues with our school systems with autistic children and parents who want to force them to be a part of the general school population when they should not be, and demand citys/towns give their children tons of extra resources that are already scarce, and they sue the districts which have no budgets/staff for this stuff...