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  1. Regretfully Diagnosed

    Is it a normal thing for autism vocational programs to use physical punishment?

    I related in another threat that I feel my diagnosis with autism was more harmful than helpful. I was subject to a lot of heartache after I was daignosed, which resulted in just a lot of trauma. I just want to know how common this experience is, and if this is at all okay: After being told I...
  2. Regretfully Diagnosed

    Extreme humiliation from how I look in public and extreme compensation

    When I was first diagnosed with autism I was told a lot (talked at) that autistics do not have good hygeine, do not know how to dress and do not understand how others perceive them. One of the "therapists" who In was first assigned to was really one who loved to berate me about everything I...
  3. Regretfully Diagnosed

    My diagnosis ruined much of my life and I don't know what to do....

    It might come off as offensive to some, because I know autism is not something to be ashamed of, but for me, it has been disastrous to have this diagnosis. Let me explain a bit of my life story and how being diagnosed on the spectrum truly ruined my life and how it got back: First of all, am I...
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