Having aspergers syndrome and low vision I'm trying to get onto the NDIS
for getting assistance with depression and an OCD which has become
worse. I've found the treatment that will help, but need someone to
advocate for me during the process. As sho...
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Having aspergers syndrome and low vision I'm trying to get onto the NDIS
for getting assistance with depression and an OCD which has become
worse. I've found the treatment that will help, but need someone to
advocate for me during the process. As short as I can keep this, I was
heavily bullied at school with no friends, and with no understanding of
autism at the time (late 1970s into early mid 1980s), no one really knew
anything. Like any teenager, my puberty gave me the usual sexual
desires, but living in a catholic household, such personal moments of
deep well being and pleasure were suppressed vigorously. Anything that
would allow me to explore my sexuality was taken away, and having no
friends at school, things that people know about such endeavors at
around 10 11 12 years of age, I never really got a grapple onto until I
was around 23 24. The psychological and mental effects have been major.
The first of which was having no confidence in breaking into the world.
Aside from several tertiary courses, I've never seen paid work. As
discrete as my asperger's is (HFA), neurotypicals seem to just pick it
up, and their behaviour becomes different. It has been difficult to
socialise, make friends, get into interests, and so fourth. I've done a
lot in my life, but friendships and involvements are often a come and go
thing, usually the longest something lasts around is five or six years
before it burns out from it's own course. I had no oxygen during my
birth which also has effected me mentally, I need to keep things clean
within a certain zone within my unit, which is managable under normal
circumstances. Having extra-sensory feel, means I can feel right down to
if someone has touched an object in my clean zone such as secreted body
oils being present on the objects surface. I would clean it and life
moves on. However with some life changing events being a possibility, my
anxiety and OCD has erupted a few times of late, meaning whole
afternoons and evenings can be spent cleaning a sofa, or wiping down
walls. I've got a few of these inflatable things that completely
suppress the anxiety when it hits, but I'm needing to get more of these
made, which I can't afford, hense why I'm needing help to get funding
from the NDIS. It's a one off amount for a custom order and I'll be fine
basically for several decades. I looked through google, but trying to
track down someone who will assist with the paperwork and who will
advocate looks confusing.
How do I talk to my doctor?
