Do you have pointers for navigating our healthcare "system" as a queer and autistic person? I have found it is so hit or miss, and a good provider can make a huge difference...if you can find and access them. The environment itself is so overstimulating and that doesn't help with trying to remember the things I wrote down to ask about. And let's not start with the view that aspects of queer or neurodivergent identity are a problem or something to be "fixed" *eyeroll
I'm sorry, that is lousy. Figured it was worth asking just in case someone DOES have a magic wand! One thing I have had success with was asking for a queer-friendly provider - worth the long wait as she turned out to be best PCP I've had, ED-informed and somewhat trauma-informed as well. Can't do anything about the office or staff but at least one provider is reasonable. My guess would be that providers who are trauma informed or aware of intersectionality are more likely to be at least willing to consider queerness or neurodivergence in terms of accommodations. You don't always get a choice though!
Do you have pointers for navigating our healthcare "system" as a queer and autistic person? I have found it is so hit or miss, and a good provider can make a huge difference...if you can find and access them. The environment itself is so overstimulating and that doesn't help with trying to remember the things I wrote down to ask about. And let's not start with the view that aspects of queer or neurodivergent identity are a problem or something to be "fixed" *eyeroll
I have such a bad medical phobia I don't even go when I really need to... its SO bad... I don't really have an answer, unfortunately.
I'm sorry, that is lousy. Figured it was worth asking just in case someone DOES have a magic wand! One thing I have had success with was asking for a queer-friendly provider - worth the long wait as she turned out to be best PCP I've had, ED-informed and somewhat trauma-informed as well. Can't do anything about the office or staff but at least one provider is reasonable. My guess would be that providers who are trauma informed or aware of intersectionality are more likely to be at least willing to consider queerness or neurodivergence in terms of accommodations. You don't always get a choice though!
And this is why talking about how bad it is matters. People don't have any idea how messed up/skewed these systems are.
How do your queer identities and your autistic identity interact?
This is a great one, thank you!