Doctor On Elon Musk's Mental Health Diagnosis

Elon Musk hosted Saturday Night Live this last weekend and revealed in his opening monologue that he has Asperger's Syndrome. While we support Elon in coming out with his diagnosis, there are a few things to clarify as we understand Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD's).

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[waffles]

Can we appreciate the effort Mike goes through to remove negative stigma and give the truth to people who don't know much about sickness

[DarkShadows]

As an autistic person, thank you for framing it this way!! It's so hard to communicate the fact that I'm autistic with other people because they view me as less than a real person when I do.

[TheBitingBat]

I was diagnosed with Asperger's as a kid, and honestly nothing has helped me more than the mindset of my brain doesn't work incorrectly, just differently

[jacquierobinson]

Both my kids have ASD.
They are both totally different.
My daughter is quiet and socially awkward, fearful of EVERYTHING, has sensitive scalp and feet, terrible
My son is loud and socially charismatic, fears nothing, has a sensitive neck and hearing, has insanely good focus+memory+coordination+ is great at maths.
They both have squishy hearts and feel very strongly. I am truly blessed to be their mother.

[jessicarecore]

You are the first medical professional I've heard who sounds like he actually understands neurodiversity and accepts it for what it is. I'm sitting here in tears from watching this: I feel seen. As an autistic mom to an autistic teen daughter, thank you.

[tatjanaabell]

thank you for taking time to remove the negative stigma and promote acceptance and differences of neurodivergent individuals dr mike! as a mom of an autistic son, it gives me joy to see this shift in society.

[MrsClintA]

As a mother of 2 ASD kids, i appreciate this so much.

[chanelplathe]

The fact that you included strengths and are talking about this in a very positive light is amazing. We need more people like you 😊

[coletonparker]

Only Dr.Mike can squeeze a whole health lesson into a minute.

[michelleotto]

As someone with ASD, I really appreciate the emphasis that having it creates differences and not deficits. There’s so much negativity behind people with ASD even amongst medical professionals, so it’s nice to hear a doctor have this positive mindset.

[cbhorxo]

Doctor Mike's ability to convert a one hour lecture into a one minute video is absolutely amazing!
Plus : Thanks for 800+ likes! I've never gotten these many likes on any comment!

[orangeyoshi]

As someone with ADHD, thank you so much for your "differences rather than deficits" phrase about neurodivergency.
We are only as deficient as society makes us. With support and help, however, we flourish and bring something unique, unparalleled by neurotypical people at certain things.

[Berft]

I'm autistic and people are always so confused when I tell them because I seem normal at first and when a lot of think of autism as one thing when it's actually a spectrum

my autism is less noticeable than my ADHD

[ShigekiHizashi]

Oh my God thank you so much. It wasn't until 2015 that I was officially diagnosed with Asperger's after spending the majority of my childhood diagnosed as bipolar.

If I had been correctly diagnosed sooner, I wonder just how much of a difference it could have made in my quality of life.

Years of medication, assumptions, bullying, etc have left me with lifelong issues that I'm still struggling with.

Almost 28 years old, I should be out living my life, and yet instead I've learned to absolutely hate most of humanity because of how brutal and cruel they can be

[TheAspieWorld]

Hey thanks for the picture integration brother ✌🏼❤️

[FRUIANDISES]

My late grandfather was an aspi and God bless his soul, despite growing in Africa by those days, not going much to school, he had a passion for mechanics and was able to repair planes and boats mechanical issues whenever specialists couldnt.
He was known in the city for that.
Whenever there is an unsolvable problem he used to solve them as if they were nothing.
Even when bank safes were blocked. He could unblock them in seconds.

He wud never allow anyone near him when he did the repairing because that could be dangerous to teach others

He spent the simplest life ever. Owning no more than 5 shirts and 5 pants. And worked as a simple mechanic till the last day of his life. He was very content with his life and was ready to go when he left this world.

God bless my handsome beloved nàna ❤❤❤❤

[mattkraig]

My little brother has autism and I hope every day for more people to learn about the spectrum so we can eliminate the stigma around it. Thank you for this short yet informative video, Dr. Mike!

[nikig]

I'm pretty sure that someone close to me in my family has Asperger's but they are not diagnosed. That person is much older and would have had NO chance of being diagnosed throughout their life. They were just known as "odd, " "different, " "weird" or "strangely unique."

Because of this lack of awareness or knowledge of ASD, I'm really happy when people - especially well-known, successful public figures - talk about their diagnosis openly, which helps both raise awareness and reduce the stigma.

Thank you, @DoctorMike for talking about this to further help in those endeavours.

[nathandraper]

After 8 years of Marriage we recently found out my wife is Autistic. She was diagnosed at 34. I love that you brought up the stigma. The biggest comment my wife gets is “you don’t look/act autistic?” There is no look to autism, there is no high/low functioning, and autism is not a disease to be cured.

[someones_house]

I have ASD so having someone as yourself making a short talking about autism is heartwarming