Published on 12, July, 2020
I (37f) went to see my GP today for a sick line. I am struggling with the demands of work at the moment. I am currently undertaking a private assessment for ASD after years of social difficulties and mental health issues. I asked the Dr while I was there if she would accept a private diagnosis. The (short) conversation ended in her saying if I had held down a job and a relationship I was not autistic.
This has absolutely baffled me and seems a bit short sighted! I just wondered if anyone had any thoughts?
That’s obviously rubbish - lots of autistic people have a job and a relationship.
official data: 85% of diagnosed ASD are unemployed, and many of the employed ones are underemployed.
yeah thats where it gets hard though as autism is a social deficit in which making any relationship would be hard to impossible and be all on the other side to make it happen.this is why they need historical data rather than current data... it may have been a hard struggle getting that one single relationship you have, it might have been all on the other side getting it with no effort or function from you. they need more data basically, more info to determine that.