This Harvard Psychiatrist has some WILD Autism Takes

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[imautisticnowwhat]

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New series where I try to cure myself with various fad diets? 😂😵 Maybe not! 😅 I’ve been vegan for 14 years now, so I can confirm that does not cure autism, at least 👍🏻

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What a silly man!

[theedgeofoblivious-old]

Claiming that the rates of autism have quadrupled in 20 years is INCREDIBLY irresponsible if you're not going back and retroactively adding late-diagnosed people to the statistics for 20 years ago. They WERE autistic 20 years ago. They just weren't acknowledged as autistic.

[viennadesou]

There are studies that show prolonged stress contributes to weight gain. Autistics are far more likely to be under continued stress just from existing in a world that is abrasive to us. Sensory overload, sensory diet restrictions etc could definitely contribute to increased obesity in Autistics.

[johnridout]

Over the past 150 years the number of pirates has fallen as global temperatures have risen. Clearly global warming is caused by a lack of pirates.

[KatieKangaroo]

It's horrible that people see autism as a bad thing. Anyone different from the "norm" is considered bad and it's so damaging. This rhetoric leads to bullying and causing people to feel left out due to people's judgement.

[ifonly]

Back in the 60s and 70s, we were very much still there. the only difference is that we weren't called autistic or neurodivergent. We were just called stupid.

[urseliusurgel]

OK, I have a biomedical PhD, and I know that there are many stupid people with PhDs, and he is one of them. Mitochondria are exclusively inherited from mothers, a father's mitochondria are not passed on to any children. There is no evidence of exclusive matrilineal inheritance of autism, none at all. Personally, I am autistic (clinically diagnosed), my wife is neurotypical, we have a an autistic daughter. My daughter inherited her mitochondria from her neurotypical mother, but her autism from me. The 'expert' falls down on very basic genetic knowledge. The rates of de novo mutation to mitochondrial DNA seem far too low to account for a relatively common condition such as autism. Plus, the guy never blinks, that's bizarre.

[promerker]

It was a sad day when I learned that you don’t need to be smart to get a doctorate

[deepestbluesea_]

Diary of A CEO has also promoted pseudoscientific guff about ADHD. Irresponsible clickbait.

[itwillbeokay]

Oh they noticed us. They noticed the meltdowns, but they just labeled us bad kids with behavior problems and sent us away instead of noticing we were struggling.

[bropoke]

just based on the fact that this "dr" said diabetes can cause autism yet doesn't specify any type or all types makes me think he's a complete fraud. Love it when supposed healthcare professionals fear monger and add stigma to diseases

[dubstepvibe]

Neurotypicals talking about neurodivergents… “oh no! They don’t fit into our society box, quick, let’s do something about it before the box brakes “

[NitFlickwick]

I was a kid 30 years ago. Teachers absolutely ignored kids’ mental health 30 years ago. Mental health was not a topic of discussion, and the only kids who were getting autism diagnoses were also learning disabled.

[MeowMeow-symi]

Me being obese is definitely why my kids are autistic and it's definitely not because I'm autistic 😂

[JaZy-_]

This guy talking about sleep hygiene and reading stories to children - me, a late diagnosed autist in her mid 40's recalling my mum reading me to bed every night because there were NO PHONES or computers when I was a child and still look how nicely autistic I turned out.

[lalaliasss]

NEVER take the word of a person that’s trying to sell you something. It’s so suspicious that he’s going on all of these podcasts basically fear-mongering about ASD and then saying “But, it’ll help if you buy my book”

[elaine_of_shalott]

It's called masking. A lot of us subconsciously learned to channel our autistic traits in ways that didn't get us labeled as misbehaving. Teachers are nicer to kids that aren't paying attention because they seem to be absorbed in a book than ones who are looking out the window. Anxiety is more socially acceptable than anger. Even then my school related meltdowns mostly happened at home. That's when I would scream and cry about them.

[raven]

My parents weren't fat, and they weren't diabetic. Both were very fit and healthy. I'm autistic, but I'm not from autism increasing. I've had it for 61 years. This guy has absolutely NO EXPERTISE on autism, and he's dangerous, because there are a lot of people who will gladly believe his B.S... None of his suggestions for helping a child sleep have ever worked for me. I need meds to sleep, and only amitriptyline and doxepin work. This guy really is scary! My life was hell before I was given amitriptyline at age 23. We didn't know my sleep problems were related to autism. I'm sorry your mum had a bad school experience. I hope she doesn't still think she's stupid.

[lunakat__]

this dude really said"the chemicals are turning the frogs autistic"

[soyevquirsefron]

On one hand he’s saying “anything unnatural might be the cause of autism” but he’s also recommending a diet that was impossible to obtain in nature.