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Apparently I cannot possibly have Autism because...

Entropy

Hi everyone!

My partner recently pointed out to me that I show a lot of autistic traits so I've been doing a lot of reading about the signs and symptoms and it really does sound like me. I've read so many stories and forums and it all sounds very familiar and I really feel like I can relate. I actually started to feel a bit better and like I understood myself more. I wasn't just "weird" but there could be an actual diagnosis and lots of other people out there like me! However, I wasn't happy to just self-diagnose so I booked a doctor's appointment to request a referral to a specialist... but according to this person there is no chance that I have Autism. 

Apparently someone with Autism:

- Would not be able to graduate from university

- Would not be able to have a job

- Would have speech delays and not be able to talk like a regular person

- Would not be able to be in a relationship

- Would need to live with parents or require a social worker to cope

Apparently, most of what is on the internet is wrong and I'm just seeing these autistic traits because I read about it...

I don't want to start listing all my traits in this post, whether or not I have ASD is a separate topic. I definitely don't think I explained myself well during the phone call (anxiety, brain fog, confusing questions), but I also feel like he just ignored a lot of what I said. Has anyone else had a similar interaction with their GP? I am a little surprised that a doctor could be so narrow-minded and dismissive.  

I don't know where to go from here. I feel really disheartened. 

Parents

  • clearly the assessor is wrong. there are many autistic people with jobs and relationships and living on their own. 
    although generally those things are kinda the most obvious glaring troublesome things that could be effecting a autistic persons life, but as we see many autists actually do have their life together to some degree. all in all its a spectrum with varying severity. its almost like your assessor completely doesnt care about high functioning variants but is instead more focused on the lesser functioning ones i guess?

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  • clearly the assessor is wrong. there are many autistic people with jobs and relationships and living on their own. 
    although generally those things are kinda the most obvious glaring troublesome things that could be effecting a autistic persons life, but as we see many autists actually do have their life together to some degree. all in all its a spectrum with varying severity. its almost like your assessor completely doesnt care about high functioning variants but is instead more focused on the lesser functioning ones i guess?

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  • in reply to Caelus

    although this is the problem with these things..... all you can judge by is a persons word and stated experience.... theres really no true way to tell or to not tell whether a person is autistic that way, it would be useful instead if there was some form of way to tell by brain scan... otherwise assessments are always gonna be perhaps a little questionable