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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

It took a long fucking time for doctors to stop talking to me like I'm a damn child, thankfully things have gotten better.. But I recall a time when doctors straight up refused to speak to me directly about my health issues or would use small words and talk very slowly.

A lot of the time they'd start out talking normal, see my diagnosis on the chart, and suddenly I was "five" in their eyes and nothing I could say would change that, they'd just assume I "heard that on TV!"

Thank God that Rainman doesn't seem to be the public perception of Autism anymore.

Now when they see that, they just ask if I have a safe living situation and a good support network.