Back in the 1980'ies and 1990'ies, actual autism was rare.

Since I've never had autism symptoms I was curious to take a few online tests. My impression is that some of the tests falsely equates introversion with autism, thereby risking to misdiagnose a high percentage of a population.

When a preference for not going to parties is registered as a mild form of autism it becomes clear that this is not a scientific or meaningful test. It tells me that the purpose is to misdiagnose individuals with a condition that they have no symptoms for.

I find it very concerning that children might be misdiagnosed with a rare condition for simply enjoying and preferring productive and creative activities over going to parties.

When did creativity, the individuation process and setting boundaries become a condition? And what is the point of defining a condition without symptoms?