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How to find an Autism trained doctor ?

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How do you find a real GP doctor ? who understands your condition and can treat you with sensitive because you are hypersensitive to pain in the body ? With the emotional overload and social relationship problems with a doctor(trust, not knowing them as people), can you find a DOCTOR WHO IS A REAL DOCTOR ? basically empathic, listening, compassionate and most importantly accessible without the barriers of phoning for an appointment, waiting for an appointment, speaking to the docs receptionists, waiting in crowded waiting rooms, speaking to the doctor who you do not know, explaining your symptoms without anxiety.

CAN YOU GET SUCH A THING AS A SPECIAL NEEDS DOCTOR GP ?   

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  • Hi - not likely in a GP practice in my opinion, however well intentioned the doctors may be, which mine are.   I don't think many GPs know much about autism.  They tend to pass patients over to the nhs multi disciplinary team which deal with LD + autism.  At least they do where I live.  I think most GPs are more interested in physical illnesses + whilst they realise that emotions can cause certain symptoms such as sickness, aches + pains, depression etc etc these are things which aren't as clear cut as, say, gallstones or a broken leg, if you see what I mean.  Therefore patients get referred, whether it be to a hospital, a mdt etc where GPs think there's more specialised help available.

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  • Hi - not likely in a GP practice in my opinion, however well intentioned the doctors may be, which mine are.   I don't think many GPs know much about autism.  They tend to pass patients over to the nhs multi disciplinary team which deal with LD + autism.  At least they do where I live.  I think most GPs are more interested in physical illnesses + whilst they realise that emotions can cause certain symptoms such as sickness, aches + pains, depression etc etc these are things which aren't as clear cut as, say, gallstones or a broken leg, if you see what I mean.  Therefore patients get referred, whether it be to a hospital, a mdt etc where GPs think there's more specialised help available.

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