Board index › General Discussion › General Autism Discussion

Acting/saying autistic things

Page 1 of 1 [ 2 posts ] 

Previous topic | Next topic

Angnix
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 1 Nov 2007
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,243
Location: Michigan

08 Jun 2016, 2:52 pm

I have a mental health caseworker that visits my home. I realized I hand flapped in front of her and she was talking about handling my anger at work i described the shutdowns I had at work.

Should someone like this recognize red flags (she randomly mentioned to me on a previous occasion if I noticed the big changes DSM 5 brought to autism) or am i going to assume they are going to continue focusing on my mood disorder, they are already working on my severe meltdowns but do not attribute them to autism.


_________________
Crazy Bird Lady!! !
Also likes Pokemon

Avatar: A Shiny from the new Pokemon Pearl remake, Shiny Chatot... I named him TaterTot...

FINALLY diagnosed with ASD 2/6/2020


ASPartOfMe
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Aug 2013
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Posts: 39,637
Location: Long Island, New York

08 Jun 2016, 3:22 pm

Most of these case workers are pretty clueless about autism. If she thinks your meltdowns are not the result of your autism she is clueless to the extreme. That she heard about the DSM 5 does not prove expertise. Maybe she heard about it from a coworker or read about it somewhere.

Request another caseworker.


_________________
“Self Acceptance is a process not a performance”
“You are autistic enough. And you always have been”

Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.