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@blogdiva@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

here’s the article that broke the story of Tony Attwood and his failure to diagnose his own son, and eventually, himself:

❝ Why the world expert on Asperger's took 30 years to notice condition in his own son | Autism | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/25/why-the-world-expert-on-aspergers-took-30-years-to-notice-condition-in-his-own-son

what the writer of the article fails to address is how white supremacy, classism and patriarchalism all played a part in his failure to father his own son ―because that’s not what real men are supposed to do with their adult sons.

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Why the world expert on Asperger's took 30 years to notice condition in his own son

Prof Tony Attwood, an internationally renowned clinical psychologist, was blindsided when he realised his son Will had the syndrome
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

here’s the article that broke the story of Tony Attwood and his failure to diagnose his own son, and eventually, himself:

❝ Why the world expert on Asperger's took 30 years to notice condition in his own son | Autism | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/25/why-the-world-expert-on-aspergers-took-30-years-to-notice-condition-in-his-own-son

what the writer of the article fails to address is how white supremacy, classism and patriarchalism all played a part in his failure to father his own son ―because that’s not what real men are supposed to do with their adult sons.

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the Guardian

Why the world expert on Asperger's took 30 years to notice condition in his own son

Prof Tony Attwood, an internationally renowned clinical psychologist, was blindsided when he realised his son Will had the syndrome
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

PS:

i still contend that #racism #misogyny #classism #xenophobia are the reasons why i didn't get diagnosed as autistic until the age of 50.

do you know what is the average life expectancy of Black autistic people? 52.

fuckall with using disability to defend anti-Black violence.

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@mikemccaffrey@neurodifferent.me  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@blogdiva And I don't think that the direct racism and misogyny were the only problem with you getting a diagnosis. It seems like yet another public pool problem, with white people continually voting to make healthcare worse for everyone including themselves just to keep black and other marginalized folks from getting proper care.

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@mikemccaffrey 🗣 SAY THAT!!!

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

PS²:

it took me to finally have WOC doctors ―Indian, Haitian, Martiniquais and Chilean Millennials― to get that autism & ADHD diagnosis.

🗣 REPRESENTATION MATTERS

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