Thank you so much for this episode. I really appreciated hearing from Metia (sp?). As a 34yo audhder, I related to almost every aspect of her experience. I come from a long line of undiagnosed/misdiagnosed audhders, I went undiagnosed/misdiagnosed for so long, that I thought there was something wrong with me, for SO long. When your whole family has *quirks* that are really autism and adhd, it's hard to get a good understanding that no, things are not that hard for other people whom are not autistic or adhd. I also have an autoimmune disorder (and something most likely genetic, just can't figure out what it is 😅) and getting doctors to listen to you, is so hard. So many doctors don't LISTEN to their patients and it is a horrible disservice they are doing for the autistic and adhd communities. People don't understand autism and adhd are HIGHLY heritable developmental differences/disabilities, more so than the color of your eyes. You can get your grandfather's eye color, but those "they only have some autistic traits, but they're not autistic" comments are made when looking at a fully formed adult who probably learned how to cope (in some way) while being undiagnosed autistic. I think a lot of people forget it's only been 11 years since people could be accurately diagnosed with both autism and adhd, and it's been less time that we accurately know (in the autism community online) how stigmatized both are and how they present vastly different depending on gender conformities/non conformaties, race, culture, country, etc. So many people think if you can't fit in, it's a moral failing, instead of asking how can we change to allow you to fit? Just as a last side note: for sessions with the people who struggle with note-taking, you could hire a stenographer. Courts have them, I think it would actually help improve care for people who struggle in positions to take notes. A pediatrician I know has one. She has the best ratings because she doesn't have to worry about struggling with something that delays care.
Something I think would benefit your podcast is to see your faces, I know it may be something you don’t want to do which is fine but I just feel it would boost engagement of this podcast so much! ❤
Crying my eyes out to this. Just feels so nice to not feel alone and have other people who get it! 😢
Thank you so much for this episode. I really appreciated hearing from Metia (sp?). As a 34yo audhder, I related to almost every aspect of her experience. I come from a long line of undiagnosed/misdiagnosed audhders, I went undiagnosed/misdiagnosed for so long, that I thought there was something wrong with me, for SO long. When your whole family has *quirks* that are really autism and adhd, it's hard to get a good understanding that no, things are not that hard for other people whom are not autistic or adhd. I also have an autoimmune disorder (and something most likely genetic, just can't figure out what it is 😅) and getting doctors to listen to you, is so hard. So many doctors don't LISTEN to their patients and it is a horrible disservice they are doing for the autistic and adhd communities. People don't understand autism and adhd are HIGHLY heritable developmental differences/disabilities, more so than the color of your eyes. You can get your grandfather's eye color, but those "they only have some autistic traits, but they're not autistic" comments are made when looking at a fully formed adult who probably learned how to cope (in some way) while being undiagnosed autistic. I think a lot of people forget it's only been 11 years since people could be accurately diagnosed with both autism and adhd, and it's been less time that we accurately know (in the autism community online) how stigmatized both are and how they present vastly different depending on gender conformities/non conformaties, race, culture, country, etc. So many people think if you can't fit in, it's a moral failing, instead of asking how can we change to allow you to fit?
Just as a last side note: for sessions with the people who struggle with note-taking, you could hire a stenographer. Courts have them, I think it would actually help improve care for people who struggle in positions to take notes. A pediatrician I know has one. She has the best ratings because she doesn't have to worry about struggling with something that delays care.
This is interesting, I’ve found that a lot of people with at least ADHD have autoimmune diseases, including myself. 😅
Thank you!!!
This helped me a lot. Thank you. 💜
Something I think would benefit your podcast is to see your faces, I know it may be something you don’t want to do which is fine but I just feel it would boost engagement of this podcast so much! ❤