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I was going through an intake process at the mental health clinic. the person handling my intake interview at one point got really annoyed with me. i was speaking too slowly and not answering the questions fast enough. she asked me if i suffer from aspergers. i was shocked! i replied no.
as the interview went on i had to tell her my level of education. i said that im in an MBA program. she seemed surprised, and said well you must not have aspergers because you managed to complete a higher education. im really concerned it just another problem to add to my list. i do have a voice that sounds like a child which is off putting since im an adult. but now i have an issue with speaking too slowly.
there are other things like being social inept, staring at people , staring off into space, slow thinking or thinking too much when conversing with ppl, usual quiet nature
The intake person sounds impatient and definitely sounds like someone who enjoys abusing their small amount of power. People like this shouldn't be working with the public, especially in any health related setting.
Asperers can manifest itself with varying degrees of severity, just like any other autistic spectrum disorder. Many people have probably lived their whole lives without realizing they had some of the behavior characteristics that signal Aspergers, but now that the condition has become fashionable and in your face, people are noticing that some of your behaviors match the profile.
Also, some people have been more successful during their life of recognizing that some of their Asperger's tendencies have impeded their success potential, and found a way to suppress them. Like learning to manage their behavior in a business conference, so as to not be disruptive.
When Asperger's was a separate diagnosis, it was one of 5 developmental disorders that were identified prior to age 18. Most people who were identified in the school accessed great help. It helps to have it diagnosed early, because of the interventions that are available. The others are Rett's, Autism, Mental Retardation, and Childhood Disintegrative Disorder. It is not unusual with developmental disabilities that cradle-to-grave resources are available. As was mentioned, there can be sub-threshold expressions of disorders. And being in an MBA program (or any program of higher education) doesn't preclude the diagnosis.
I wouldn't say the intake person was power hungry. If you complete interviews daily, it doesn't hurt to 'cut to the chase' and determine a person has been previously identified with issues, and so curtail your work. There is no benefit in re-diagnosing a patient, if you can curtail the experience and begin work with them. Many of my interviews seek to identify prior pathology as a means of creating a treatment plan and the experience is teleological. Once we have established the foundation, we move in the direction of health.
Why would somebody working at a mental health clinic think a person with Asperger's can't get an MBA ?
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