The most ridiculous thing an "expert" has said abo

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Two visits to the same neuropsychologist two weeks apart. First visit, he told me I'd feel better if I got more diet and exercise and started wearing makeup. Apparently I needed a 'makeover', his word not mine.

Second visit, he said that he saw no signs of autism and that I needed to look him in the eye and stop rocking. How twisted is that?

My childhood is riddled with experts saying ridiculous things. It started early. lol I didn't speak until I was 3.5 or so. I read before I spoke. My dr. told my parents I was perfectly capable of speaking, but was just very stubborn. They were instructed to refuse to acknowledge me or meet my needs (even feeding me) unless I "used my words". Luckily, I had fairly lazy parents, and they dropped that idea within hours of first trying it! They held onto the idea that any time I struggled or was different in any way, it was because I was "stubborn" though. =/

A psychologist said to me a few years ago, "I don't think you have Asperger's, because a friend of mine has it, and when he gets on the bus he won't just sit in any seat, he is particular about which seat he chooses."

Right. So, apart from the fact that she had no idea either way of my bus-riding/seat choosing behaviour, I didn't know that diagnostic criteria for Asperger's included your seat choosing preferences.

You learn something new every day. There. Real, genuine sarcasm for you.

No psychologist has said anything really ridiculous to me about autism.

But it is weird to read nt professional descriptions of my natural behaviors as being so weird and hard to understand, and they also come up with complicated rationalizations for why autistic person does this or that, and my reasons for doing those things are usually like "Because I like it" or "Because it's fun", or if I don't get some social thing, the reason is almost always "I don't think that way".

Once a psychologist told me I couldn't have Asperger's because I laughed and smiled too much.

Oh and my worst: I was trying to get social benefit and needed help with the form (I have problems with bureaucratic papers). My social worker yelled at me on the phone and asked how I could study at university but not fill out a form.

Family doctor when I was five: "The hyperactivity is just a phase."

In secondary school the Doctor that gave me a hearing test told me I was a bit deaf. But then she said: It's not a big deal because when you grow old everybody around you will be a bit deaf." I still wish I had been able to tell her that telling me something shocking (to me) followed by something stupid totally did not console me.

My first psychologist told me that I could not have asperger because her nephew has autism and he is not able to speak, but I am able communicate so I cannot have it. Even though I knew what she was saying wasn't true. I had very low self esteem making it impossible for me to go against the opinion of an "Expert".

My current psychologist told me that he does not think I have asperger because he does not find me acting very asperger like during our sessions. But he does think my mother has asperger. He has never met my mother. But at least he is getting me tested