Do Doctors Have a Blind Spot For Autism?

Autistics are 3x more likely to need emergency care.

Ines May
ArtfullyAutistic
Published in
4 min readMar 7, 2022

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I’ve been to the dentist several times recently. The first time, the doctor started giving me anesthetic injections without using topic anesthetic first. It was painful. I complained. He said it would be done in a minute. It was not. I almost passed out.

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Ines May
ArtfullyAutistic

Veterinarian, diagnosed with autism at 27, writing to figure life. E-mail me at ineslmedium@gmail.com Become a member: https://inesl.medium.com/membership