““Until this point in history, it was advantageous for a person to claim to be autistic when one really wasn't autistic at all, because society was more than willing to cut people with autism slack, or make special accommodations for them. But as people's medical privacy continues to erode, and as national healthcare systems continue to be modified, as the US one is currently, it will be much harder for self-diagnosed people, wannabees, and diagnosis shoppers to claim to be autistic when the government will be scrutinizing everyone so closely. So””