Featherways wrote:
I have no clue how to do this as it's really hard to work out enough of the faces to recognise who was there first and who arrived afterwards. When it was my turn, I hadn't realised, but everyone else knew it was me.
The "How To" books would probably suggest that when you arrive, you should quietly inform a receptionist that you have Asperger's and request that he/she or the lab technician let you know when it's your turn. But I think that's so unfair. We have enough trouble understanding and communicating with NTs, or getting them to understand and respect us! This kind of situation forces us to present ourselves in terms of our "shortcomings", and of needing help.
So I'd probably avoid the situation altogether by finding a different doctors' office where they run their operations more professionally.
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"the largest disability... [for those with AS] is the inability of non-autistic culture to accommodate their differences in respectful, empowering, and constructive ways" -- Donna Williams