Published on 12, July, 2020
That's been my experience in nearly 50 years as a late diagnosed autistic person with serious mental illness . There's an expectancy/demand even of near uniformity of intellectual performance, among the various areas of cognition, that many autistic people can't satisfy. For me that resulted in many years of being treated as though I was an awkward so and so, with a major character defect. It's also meant never getting help and support for the impaired executive functioning I've always struggled with.
I echo that.I have lost count over the Years of how many times i have lost My rag with" Professionals " by telling them not to judge a Person's I.Q based on Their Mental state.They don't like being told,but tough poo poo plops.