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Judging from the stories of autistic women who are in my life, as well as stories I've read online, there seems to also be the issue of being heard or taken seriously when attempting to get diagnosed or treated. This is on top of societal or gendered expectations which makes masking that much more of a challenge to maintain.
One of my closest friends had to stop seeing their therapist because she would leave her sessions crying and was only able to improve her mental health by refusing to visit that therapist again. Another really close friend had a doctor that kept prescribing the same medication to her even after stating multiple times at multiple visits that the medication was causing her suicidal thoughts.
In comparison, as a male myself, I was able to walk in, tell them why I thought I had ADHD and later autism and was able to walk about with prescriptions or a plan of action within the same visit.
I do think the the video spoke broadly enough that it could be informative about autism in general and could have added a bit more context to align the title with the video content.
Yes. Absolutely. It's such a shit thing, isn't it?
Like in the olden days, if women acted just a tad too "off", they were dismissed with a diagnosis of "female hysteria". Turns out, doctors are still doing that to this day, just quieter.
It's agonizing. Doctors are a pain. I've been very lucky these past few years to finally have doctors who believe me (or maybe it's because I'm older now...). I've had a click in my shoulder for decades, and it's only being looked at now, when I'm almost 40.
I still can't find mental therapy though, because my insurance is very bad and no therapist wants to deal with it.