all disabilities are socially constructed  i was unfairly misdiagnosed with autism during my childhood and i was forced to receive special education for most of my time in public school. i tried to get my diagnosis cleared by a psychiatrist but the psychiatrist refused to do so citing my supposedly monotone voice as evidence that i am autistic. when i try to reason with the psychiatrist the psychiatrist says that im rigid for not accepting the diagnosis when he is the one being rigid, not me. i really want this diagnosis removed from my person. i dont consider myself to be autistic in anyway. the thought of having autism gives me a massive amount of dysphoria. i am a very suicidal person, i really need some advice on how i can distance myself from autism. nobody i regularly interact with knows i was diagnosed with autism, i dont present as autistic and im not masking any symptoms. i have come to the conclusion that all disabilities are socially constructed and all supposed symptoms of disabilities are also social constructs. who is and is not autistic is determined by society not by biology or psychology.
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