I am going to intentionally avoid the super serious part of this from the second half and focus on the Dentist bit. I think it was cool, and flawed, the way she tried to do that thing that we do sometimes....build some sort of bridge to a common point between us. A lot of time we get that totally wrong, and I get the feeling she got it totally wrong, but I like the effort. I also dig how you handled it. Sprinkling in a little bit of education for the dentist to think about. And you also showed strength by allowing a bridge to exist. Good for you.
Yeah while stigmatization in general deeply troubles me, I try to take encounters like this as an opportunity to educate others; me getting on my high horse and trying to make some moral grandstand isn’t going to do any good, you know?
Another way to view your interaction with the well meaning Dentist (and she clearly was well meaning if under-informed) is that you had an opportunity to help someone learn to understand more — and it sounds like you rose to the occasion with kindness, grace and you helped.
Yeah definitely! She really wasn’t trying to be rude, just lacked knowledge, but by sharing my experience, I hope it helped her understand more about neurodivergent individuals
I am going to intentionally avoid the super serious part of this from the second half and focus on the Dentist bit. I think it was cool, and flawed, the way she tried to do that thing that we do sometimes....build some sort of bridge to a common point between us. A lot of time we get that totally wrong, and I get the feeling she got it totally wrong, but I like the effort. I also dig how you handled it. Sprinkling in a little bit of education for the dentist to think about. And you also showed strength by allowing a bridge to exist. Good for you.
Yeah while stigmatization in general deeply troubles me, I try to take encounters like this as an opportunity to educate others; me getting on my high horse and trying to make some moral grandstand isn’t going to do any good, you know?
Another way to view your interaction with the well meaning Dentist (and she clearly was well meaning if under-informed) is that you had an opportunity to help someone learn to understand more — and it sounds like you rose to the occasion with kindness, grace and you helped.
Yeah definitely! She really wasn’t trying to be rude, just lacked knowledge, but by sharing my experience, I hope it helped her understand more about neurodivergent individuals
You did a good thing. Nice shirt BTW...
Thanks! One of my favorites ✊