I'm on the autism spectrum, with very low support needs. My health care provider has that in my medical records. Now I'm worried that I'm going to disappear into some camp, and my wife will never know what happened.
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RFKjr is setting up autism registration and heβs already proposed to send neurodivergent people to farms. Itβs pure Nazi eugenics.
What?! Can you provide some sources on this?
That seems to be complete nonsense. RFKjr is working to determine the cause of the increase in autism rates by linking datasets. Specifically looking into correlation with vaccines.
There has never been talk of sending neurodivergent people to farms or camps.
I did a search, and discovered articles pointing to sending addicts to farms. I couldn't find anything similar for neurodivergent people.
Can you link something?
The article specifically states that the reason for getting this info is to link with other datasets to look for causes for the increase in autism cases.
"Linking CMS claims data with a secure real-world NIH data platform, fully compliant with privacy and security laws, will unlock landmark research into the complex factors that drive autism and chronic disease β ultimately delivering superior health outcomes to the Americans we serve," he said.
It makes no mention of farms for neurodivergent people. Thatβs some nonsense.
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...diagnosis from who?
Myself: meh, I could be wrong, I'm not a professional.
Doctor: hahahahaha what? What am I? Made of money?
You made it sound like you were going to be imprisoned.
Wut?
I know my wife wishes she had never been officially diagnosed with depression, as it precludes her from some jobs she wanted to apply for. How true this is is reality, I donβt know.
Not sure where you're located, but at least in the USA it's definitely illegal for an employer to discriminate against a medical diagnosis like that. They aren't even allowed to ask you private medical questions during the hiring process.
It prevents you from jobs like airline pilots, the rationale being that placing someone potentially suicidal in control of a plane full of people isn't a good idea. The rationale doesn't really make total sense but you can see why they'd think that way.
except that airline pilots end up depressed and untreated instead of just not depressed.
Nope, can't see it at all.
It's illegal unless there's a bonafide occupational qualification that your disability prevents you from performing. Like you couldn't apply for a job as a furniture mover if you're a quadriplegic and cry discrimination when they don't select you. And the employer can ask things like "this job requires that you lift heavy objects of up to 600lbs with the assistance of another person and a back brace. Do you have any medical or other reason you could not perform these duties?".
Now if that weren't a real occupational qualification, that'd be discriminatory. Like if they said you had to be a man for that moving job - there's no reason you have to be a man, you just have to be able to move 600lb things.
The government enters the chat
I will never be able to get a small engine private pilot license due to fainting, despite it literally never happening unless I'm standing up...
Airplanes pull G, making it far more intense than being standing. You would absolutely faint in a plane; this one is kinda fair, sorry bud.
I've got 10 hours in a little ultralight. Pre-diagnosis. I'm not looking to fly a jet fighter. I get more G's in a hang glider.
...I agree with this one. You fainting in a plane turns you into a missile after all.
See, and this is why... Except, again, I only faint standing up. Ever.
Celiac is a real pain in the ass and makes me sound unhinged at a restaurant.
I'm just so tired of checking every single ingredient list.
Also tired of terms at restaurants like "Gluten Aware", "Gluten Conscious", etc. Then you find out everything is still going in the same fryer π«€
Also tired of terms at restaurants like "Gluten Aware", "Gluten Conscious", etc. Then you find out everything is still going in the same fryer
At least they're aware of it.
Gluten appears to be pixie dust just thrown about in kitchens and mass food production facilities. It is shocking how much contains it or is near it.
I haven't heard of a gluten aware restaurant. But the term sounds irritating.
How would it be better if you hadn't been diagnosed?
I guess I was thinking if I didn't have it, which means I could eat everything without having to ask a million questions or carefully researching products/ingredients.
If I wasn't diagnosed but still had it, I'd be very sick and malnourished.
I'm 50/50. On one hand it's interesting and good to know about yourself and your issues but it is a double-ended sword. I was diagnosed with ASPD a little while back among other things and while I'm glad I understand the root for a lot of my problematic traits I now also have a piece of paper that makes me look bad if I have to go to court.
It ainβt nothing, but fuckin eczema lol. Gotta lotion up every day and even then, sometimes you get random flare ups.
It's good to know that I was diagnosed with food allergies. I might not have ever known what was making me feel horrible all this time.
Depression 100% I have lost so much of my youth to it, and even now with my meds and lifestyle changes it still finds its way back into my life. Hell, depression is the reason why I'm 21 and still in highschool! It's an awful condition
Been in the same exact position :(
Hope you get to make up for the lost time
Wouldn't being undiagnosed, presumably without those meds, be worse though, not better?