Oh no! Autism diagnosis comes with unwanted promotion to role model
Added 2025-05-20 10:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Your autism diagnosis comes with a mandatory promotion to role model that you neither want nor are you qualified to fulfil, sources have revealed.
Having spent five years on an NHS waiting list, hoping for external validation that might offer some meagre legal protections, you instead received the lifelong obligation to be an inspiration to the next generation.
Clinical psychologist, Karen Hoyland, explained: βWell - you definitely have autism. I give you a year - to write your bestselling memoir.β
βAdvice on how to process this new information?β Hoyland continued, laughing. βNo, we donβt have any of that. We do have this playlist of inspirational background music, which we advise that you keep on a loop while going about your daily activities.β
βNow repeat the following affirmation,β Hoyland continued. βAll better now. A bit louder for the camera.β
You reportedly sighed heavily and got to work writing your mandatory letter to your younger self.
