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It's understandable but frustrating

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It's understandable, but frustrating, that I'll often be talked down to by non family members IRL, be they health professionals or not. They see my daughter helping me quite a lot, and jump to the conclusion that I'm not all there. Very few of them,including health professionals, know about adaptive functioning and autism  - how it can be much < IQ/level of intelligence.

It's a situation made worse by the fact that for more than quite small distances I'm in a wheelchair. That can result in being spoken to in a slow,and overly accentuated, manner-again as though I'm not all there.

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  • Honestly no, it’s not really understandable. What is understandable is your frustration over this. I’m very sorry you have to put up with this and that I don’t even have any advice, just overwhelming sympathy. Keep your head up, you’re a clever and resilient person, don’t forget that.

  • in reply to Emmalephant

    I mentioned adaptive functioning at my post dx appointment, and the women had no idea what I was talking about! I don't expect non experts/ordinary folk to know any better. That would be unreasonable. But a so called expert?!! I sstruggle with practical  tasks.

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  • in reply to Emmalephant

    I mentioned adaptive functioning at my post dx appointment, and the women had no idea what I was talking about! I don't expect non experts/ordinary folk to know any better. That would be unreasonable. But a so called expert?!! I sstruggle with practical  tasks.

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