Denial

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My Autism/Mentaly ill therapist made me so mad she does not believe in my autism anymore. Once again everything is ruined this time not because of my parents at least not yet. Now I'm going to end up with a mental services instead of develpmentally disabled services. I need OPWDD and now I'm never going to get it or be in the special Olympics . I am hearing voices and my therapist wants me to get a program with mentally ill people instead of develpmentally disabled people. I need to be with others like myself and not with Mentaly ill people who are not developmentally disabled .it make me cry that people think I'm acting like this on purpose when I have symptoms of autism and mental illness. I am autistic but now i myself am going into
Denial and am starting to feel like a fake.

In a similar way, my physical disabilities were frequently described by my physicians (and Social Security judges) as malingering ("fabricating or exaggerating the symptoms of mental or physical disorders"). In December 2013, I finally got the black-and-white evidence to prove that I wasn't lying during the previous 12 years (take that!)

We know ourselves better than anybody else, so I hope you find the same success eventually.

Why doesn't this therapist believe that you have autism anymore?
Did she used to believe it?
How long has she known you?
Is it because you are hearing voices that she doesn't believe you have autism but maybe schizophrenia with auditory hallucinations?
How often do you hear voices?
Certainly, you should be concerned about hearing voices in addition to autism.

Jen, I am so sorry you are going through this. Can you get a second opinion from a different doctor or therapist? I am curious about why you hear voices as well. But I should think that this is on top of your Autism not that it negates it. Maybe someone else can evaluate you.