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If a doc did that to me....

1. I would not pay him.

2. I'd report him to the board that oversees his license for malpractice...citing specifically that he used a Hollywood movie as the basis for determining if I had a disorder or not.

Maybe read http://isnt.autistics.org/dsn-psy.html

I am not sure what (if any treatment) can be used to fix this disorder. I think such cases may well be intractable.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

Being in Canada, I strongly urge you NOT to take a recorder into a secondary meeting with this freaking quack, as it is against the law to audio-record someone without their knowledge. You could not use that to take him to the Medical Review Board, or anywhere else, and it would not be admissible in court if you decided down the road to sue him. In fact, he could counter charge you with eavesdropping, and entrapment.

I have no experience with Ontario hospitals outside of CHEO and Sick Kids, so I have no helpful advice on finding a professional who will actually listen to you, and give you the diagnosis you so deserve.

To the person who asked why she so wanted the diagnosis, most programs in Nova Scotia (so I assume Ontario would be similar) require a confirmed diagnosis to qualify for their support, be it social, emotional, or financial. If she obtains a confirmed diagnosis, she will have access to diagnosis specific supports, as well as federal and provincial disability benefits.

The audio recording is your evidence.

Carseat: Its the same in the US. The tape may not admitted into a court of law but on a medical review board it should carry weight.. after all, its a recording of the doctor's own words and his refusal to put it on paper. Either way that is why I suggested she consult a lawyer first. I'd be mighty pissed off to have a quack like that be the one putting on my medical file that i've no problems because I don't act like rainman. Doing nothing means his diagnosis stays on my medical file and that will likely be used against me later on when trying to secure SSI or a health insurance claim.

I don't remember where the last post I read on this thread was but I know I haven't read 3 or 4 pages yet. Maybe not even 2 so I'm not sure if anyone touched on this or not.

Going from memory, Philip K. Dick had this idea he liked to play with. He hypothetically wondered what would happen if someone broke into Disneyland and replaced all the fake plastic animals with real ones. I think he said the managers or ownwers would be full of consternation as they came in the next morning and saw all the "fake fakes". (Of course, he's not literally encouraging anything like that)

Just the thought of this-

Dustin Hoffman- actor who pretended to be autistic in the movie Rainman.

Professional(according to OP)- uses simulated autistic as model of real autism.

So it appears simulated reality is taken as the model of real rather than the other way around.

I find the idea of this fascinating.

If I was the OP and eventually was in fact diagnosed I would love this.

I could say I was a fake fake. If someone asked I might be able to say, "yes, I'm autistic. But previously I was diagnosesed as a fake fake."

I'd actually likely turn this into a phrase, "I'm a fake fake", when I feel silly or excited. It might morph into something even better.

I'd love it if I was fake fake.

wow!! !! !!