Why are so many parents resistant to getting their children assessed for neurodivergence – autism, ADHD, or both?
“Oh, they get plenty of support at school, regardless.” Yes, and when school ends at Year 12, that stops. The 19 or 20 year old is about to enter university with little to no support unless you have a diagnosis, and even then, the support is questionable. Or, the 19 or 20 year old goes into Army, Navy or Air Force, primed for bullying.
Or, worst case, failing in school, feeling like a failure and getting swept up in a cult, a cause, with a charismatic leader.
If the 19 or 20 year old can find employment in the field of their special interest, then they are blessed… if they have been allowed to develop their special interest(s).
Let’s not talk about the lifetime cost of masking, of being in the sympathetic nervous system every day, with the costs to health that that brings.
Autism Awareness Month ends today. But autism is for life.
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