Published on 12, July, 2020
petition.parliament.uk/.../207658
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Done! Training in schools would also be very beneficial... I've had the "well we're all a little bit autistic" line trotted out to me twice when I alerted my eldest son's primary school that I thought he might be on the spectrum.
And in special needs care. I've been told by a carer 'That's not autism... everyone does that!'
awful!... ignorance of our condition is everywhere... GPs seem to vary widely too, I was lucky and got a clued up one when I requested a diagnosis but it seems from reading these forums that there are some very ignorant ones around.
...and I had an open-minded one who was prepared to go along with the findings of my therapist without question. She's been very supportive since - even though it's clear that it's a foreign language to her!