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I got diagnosed with autism at 28 years old, and the difficult process changed my life for the better INSIDER 2 hrs ago © Marianne Ayala/Insider For me, an autism diagnosis felt like a relief. Marianne Ayala/Insider I was diagnosed with autism at 28 years old, and it changed the way I viewed myself. A lot of popular stereotypes about autism made it hard for me to realize I could be autistic, too. I struggled with so many things growing up and in my adult life that now make sense. A few years ago, I was working as a reporter when I suddenly lost my voice.

Disability Studies Scholars Critique the “Autism Industrial Complex” Scholars argue that a business model has developed that exploits autism to sell coercive interventions. 2929 Disability Studies scholars Alicia A. Broderick and Robin Roscigno argue that popular metaphors that portray autism as an enemy, alien, epidemic contagion, or otherwise dangerous serve to create a market for what they term the “Autism Industrial Complex.” Broderick and Roscigno see these notions of autism as suggesting invasive behavioral techniques as the only plausible response. The researchers ...