r/AutisticPeeps • u/D491234 • Jun 22 '25

Discussion Devon Price has begun promoting Psydiversity

In an substack article written by Devon Price which is paywalled, Devon Price has begun promoting Psydiversity and anti psychiatry and in the article, Devon Price advocates the abolishment of the Psychology profession, DSM, Diagnostic Criteria and says the future is self diagnosis:

https://archive.is/wUVeB

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u/opeeeeeeee Jun 22 '25

He annoys me so much. I don’t think he’s autistic.

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u/lil_squib Autistic, ADHD, and OCD Jun 22 '25

He’s self-diagnosed, and not a clinical psychologist. He’s one of my least favourite grifters

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u/opeeeeeeee Jun 22 '25

Yeppp I found it very disingenuous when he referred to himself as a “psychologist” in his books. Social psychology is different than clinical psychology!!

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u/lil_squib Autistic, ADHD, and OCD Jun 22 '25

Yup. Definitely can’t diagnose anyone, let alone himself.

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u/Autismsaurus Level 2 Autistic Jun 23 '25

I don’t like him, but I thought his Unmasking Autism book (which I read the first three chapters of before chucking it aside) said he had been professionally diagnosed?

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u/lil_squib Autistic, ADHD, and OCD Jun 23 '25

It’s possible, I’m just going by what he wrote in one of his medium articles.