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  • Azure is tired of lying in bedAzureKingfisher@mastodon.art
    Jul 4, 2026, 9:45 AM

    @Gal_they @autistics Appeal to the doctor's ego. If you indicate you know something better he might refuse to help you. So try to make it look like his idea.

    Disclosing autism is a difficult thing. You have a good chance they might treat you like a little kid if they know but they will be ableist even if you don't disclose it.

    If you don't want to say you can tell them you're very light sensitive and need the lights to be dimmed (migraine is a good excuse) or

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  • Azure is tired of lying in bedAzureKingfisher@mastodon.art
    Jul 4, 2026, 9:45 AM

    @Gal_they @autistics you need to know in advance what they will do or that your voice might be monotone even when you're in pain and distress. It sometimes works.

    If you suspect you have a "rare" disease that isn't too rare among autistic people and you need a referral, you can make up an aunt that had exactly that so they'll let you get the referral. EDS is one example.

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  • Azure is tired of lying in bedAzureKingfisher@mastodon.art
    Jul 4, 2026, 9:51 AM

    @Gal_they oh and one more thing: don't believe anything they tell you before you fact checked it. See doctors as medical gate keepers for treatments that may be competent in some ways but also may be very incompetent. Try to find the right input for them to give you the right prescriptions and treatments.

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