In some cases, marginalized Autistic people get stuck with mental health diagnoses that are even more reviled and misunderstood than Autism is. It’s quite common for adult Autistic women to be incorrectly labeled with Borderline Personality Disorder, for instance.75 This is a really disastrous diagnosis. Borderline Personality Disorder is many therapists’ least favorite condition to work with.76 As a group, they’re commonly viewed as overly dramatic, needy, attention seeking, unreliable, and even abusive.
