Mental Ilness Labels

"Many highly successful people, including the likes of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates, have been included on lists of famous people with autism (though they were never diagnosed). What exactly is autism? How is it different than Asperger's syndrome? What is internalized ableism and what is neurodiversity? This is what we'll talk about today."

Click on the link below for another video from Sabine Hossenfelder clarifying the diagnostic criteria for mental illness:

Why is everyone suddenly neurodivergent?

Autism And Alternatives To Medicine

"Naturopaths, to put it bluntly, are fake doctors. They are fake because they do not have a professional standard of care that is evidence-based and transparent. They have no standard of care – literally anything goes. What they have is a very loose philosophy with a vague appeal to nature fallacy. That’s it. They use an eclectic combination of disproven, fanciful, and outright pseudoscientific interventions. They may also give some basic nutrition advice, but even there they cannot be trusted because they have no standard of evidence."

"Education is great but we clearly need better regulation. The state should not licence professions without a system in place to ensure external validity and transparency. They should not licence quacks and then let them regulate themselves."

CAM Harming Children with Autism

Quackery For Autism

"Parents are enticed by alternative therapies that promise to do everything from improving social interactions to restoring speech. But there’s no scientific evidence to support these purported benefits. Few of these therapies have been adequately tested for safety or efficacy, many come with a hefty price tag, and some are downright dangerous."

The Dangers of Snake-Oil Treatments for Autism