"It’s notable that this new burst of diagnoses has been disruptive specifically to how psychology as an institution has traditionally worked. In that tradition, labels are assigned, their recipients shrink away into disordered shame and if they are ‘lucky’, receive treatment. The desire to know and understand oneself is not novel, but this collective urge to share and describe the autistic experience en masse feels relatively new. When the power shifts to a community owning the language, there is profound discomfort in medical spaces and beyond."

https://www.nsun.org.uk/uta-frith-confirms-my-longstanding-grudge-against-psychology-theres-a-problem-with-power-and-permission/