I’ve added the BBC link, the article is being updated constantly.
I’ve added the BBC link, the article is being updated constantly.
It’s not specifically ND people or the diagnosis it’s the effect on your daily living that gets you awarded it, regardless of what diagnosis you have.
In the language of logic: correlation is not causation.
In one of my Open University courses, we were given a graph that showed the rate of colon cancer increased in the UK in line with the number of telephone boxes installed on streets. 
Love this comparison!
Similarly, the discovery of stars increased after the invention of the telescope.
The stars had always been there, but new tools were needed to see them.
I love that.
Similarly, the discovery of stars increased after the invention of the telescope.
The stars had always been there, but new tools were needed to see them.
This is a post about diagnosis and awareness of ND improving.
As I understand it, the report said that currently ND is not being over diagnosed, but if the current rate of diagnosis continues, it eventually will be.
So of course the rate of diagnosis will at some point level off.
The right wing scientifically illiterate media miss all that
To be brutally honest, I was diagnosed with autism at 6, and just this year my clinician says I have adhd.
Deep down? I don't feel I have it, but that's just me. That said, an ADHD diagnosis offers me one thing I feel the belittlers/infantilizers enjoy about autism, medication. Due to that, I'll fight tooth and nail to achieve normalcy.
It's sickening that this chance could be taken away from people. Don't we get enough **** without a media witchunt? Stuff Channel Four as well, I don't care what followups they do, making content like they did a few months back causes genuine damage. Same with Benefits Street way back when.
Yes exactly
More people are being diagnosed as ADHD because we understand it more and further more things like tik tok bribg ADHD symptoms to the forefront as they feed the need for novelty which in turn tightens the sensations of lack of attention that may of been manageable in early life.
This exactly because if you can't function at work you need things in place often these may be things that fall outside of reasonable adjustments so the cost falls on you
And also even if your medicated doesn't magicaly mean you can be productive for 8 hours a day so you end up doing less days or hours so if pip can help meet your medical needs whilst also acting as a buffer for lost hours your more likely to be in a tax paying job and I guarantee the tax Nd people pay outweighs the saving they claim it would make
Good article in todays Guardian about PIP and a study thats shown removing ND people from PIP will not making any savings and will likely cause more problems as people will be less likely to work and engage with society.
yep - we've been here before TheCatWoman and Roy ... www.autism.org.uk/.../change-the-conversation
That is really good that one of your clients could find work despite being non-verbal, it does give inspiration to us that work is possible. Just for reference due another condition I have in the past struggled with speech.
It sounds like you are doing well, that is quite a few people into roles in just the past year. Esp in the current job climate.
Okay, so my successes have included:
Two as high school custodians. I met an awesome manager who loves hiring my clients and helping them figure out what they are most successful at. Unfortunately, one had to quit because he chose to yell at a supervisor.
One as a service provider at a day services location for people with disabilities. Unfortunately, he had to quit primarily due to health issues.
One at Goodwill, which is a store in the US that resells donated items and clothes. He’s very successful there. I had a second one there, but he was fired for weird reasons. Given it was the same guy that yelled at a supervisor, I’m pretty sure that may have been part of it.
One as a technician at a company that develops large signs. He found the job himself, but I assisted him with preparing for the interview process.
One as a dishwasher at a high school. It’s not the same school as the custodians. I helped figure out how to keep him safe in a potentially loud and dangerous area despite him being non-verbal.
One as a teacher at a daycare, and hopefully another one soon.
One as a custodian at a bowling alley. His mother mostly helped get the position via local connections, but I helped a ton getting him settled in.
One at a fast food chain, though he is currently struggling to go to work consistently.
One as a deli worker at Walmart. She found it herself (I wouldn’t have picked that for her skills) and she wasn’t very happy there, but by the time we closed it obviously changed her for the better. She started terrified of others because she was a hypochondriac to now she seems more confident and capable.
One as a seasonal worker for a lawn care company. Unfortunately I had to leave that case early since it was seasonal, but it was perfect for him. He does summer work on a golf course mowing and then is going to do plowing/shoveling for the lawn care company in winter. Weirdly, my bosses still don’t count two seasonal jobs as one year-round if they are at different companies.
One guy quickly flew through two jobs as a college custodian and a pizza delivery driver, but he had a bad habit of being deceitful to me, so that likely played a part in the short employments.
I think that’s it? Every other case I’m either currently looking for a job for them or they already had a job before I started with them. Those individuals I just help them maintain their employment instead of finding work. Overall I think I’ve done well for having only done this for a year and a half, but it sounds like I’m actually a bit behind compared to other employment specialists.
I read some of the points the professor made, he’s right, people shouldn’t have to wait until they get a diagnosis for help to be available. Does he realise there is little help even after a diagnosis, let alone before?
There isn’t an explosion of people being autistic or adhd.
Someone wrote yesterday on a different platform, “Space doesn’t now have more stars in it, we invented the telescope, we are now able to just see more stars.” I thought that was a good analogy.
Media headlines are there to obviously grab attention, the headlines should at least be accurate.
I obviously don’t speak for all autistic people, but I feel autistic people often feel they are of little worth, I know I do. Vilifying us as being scroungers and accusing us of actually making up being autistic or ADHD is just turning the masses against us even further. I can’t think of another condition that requires someone to hide the condition so to avoid negative comments.
It’s still the same horse, just different jockeys.
I think a big part of the problem has been a lack of difference between political parties over the last 20 years, they're like two cheeks of the same bum. At least with 5 parties now theres some difference between them to choose from, but I still think none of them really understand Autism and other ND either.
Xmas is coming and the Turkeys will still vote for it... :-(
I agree only the Guardian seems to be playing this one straight in terms of actually fairly representing the report. TheCatWoman . Ironically a big part of government agrees too .... except that bit that perhaps wants to save money on PIP.... : https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/170/communications-and-digital-committee/news/208665/failure-to-prioritise-media-literacy-in-the-uk-presents-a-risk-to-social-cohesion-and-democracy/
Adults in the UK broadly speaking haven't a clue about how the media is playing them or don't think it effects them.
Kids aren't getting taught it properly.
And OFCOM are trying where they can, with limited means, to get the message across.
Meanwhile we're all messed with because not enough people vote against it one way or another - only if people realise they're being duped can they want to do something about it in my opinion
Tragically I don't think enough people actually care about it - until it becomes their problem most people ignore the problems around them.
I think how its reported is part of the so called culture wars, some media want and promote the idea that we need to go back to how things were in some mythical gold age, when things like being neuro divergent, gay, trans, non Christian, a sexual abuse survivor or whatever didn't exist, or were criminal or people were locked up in an institution and not seen or heard by "decent people". Pretending the misery caused by these things being hidden didn't exist.
