u/Visible_Money

Hi,

I'm signing up for a new SC and he's requesting I fill out a consent to share form. Because I want to make informed decisions, I called my LAC to ask what documents are a requirement for SC. He said they don't need the consent to share documents but they do need a request for service document and that they both serve a similar purpose.

The SC is responding saying that the LAC is wrong and that a consent to share form is required.

So what do you do when two people are saying the other person is wrong? Ask ~~ChatGPT~~ reddit of course!

This question does also extend to non SC roles. Who actually needs a consent to share document? And who's in the wrong between the onboarding SC and my LAC? Or are they somehow both correct?

TIA!

Hi all,

I was formally diagnosed with aspergers under the age of 5 years old and later was diagnosed with something that shares similar symptoms (also under the age of 5). My primary diagnosis has never been autism, however my parents tend to weaponise the early autism diagnosis while dismissing my primary diagnosis. They even claim that I have stage/level 3 autism as a way to seek ??? I don't know why they claim that honestly. I have absolutely zero signs of having the most severe case of autism.

But it got me thinking... how autistic am I really (if at all)? I started doing some online autism tests—a lot of them actually, and I scored very low in all of them. The only similarity that I have with autism is just being very much aware of my surroundings, but I believe this is at its root to be very different from autistic people. For example: I'm much more aware of sounds while I'm locked in and trying to focus on something like reading or writing and tend to listen to music to help me focus. Outside of that example, there wasn't really many questions that I felt I related with as having autism.

Currently I am benefiting from having the autism diagnosis, even though my delusional parents tend to over exaggerate the severity, but I genuinely haven't believed that I have ever had autism since even when I was a kid. I don't know if its worth trying to get the diagnosis removed from my medical records or if I just keep it and never actually acknowledge it.

I feel like I'm alone here, so I was wondering if there are any other adults diagnosed with autism who just don't actually have autism out there? Or just anyone who can kind of relate to this situation, even if it is related to autism or something entirely different.

Hi,

I'm not sure if I should change my support coordinator or not. Sometimes I'd go for weeks without support because and I'm not sure if the problem is my support coordinator who tends to apply for support companies one by one and the company takes forever to respond or what.

It seems that most of the time I'm left to finding the support workers myself when I'd rather focus on other stuff in my life.

I have asked him to apply to multiple companies at the same time and not just one, but I rarely get updates on what's happening unless I call in and chase him up.

I've been with him for a few months and in that time I've only had 2 support workers that were found by him. Each support worker only worked 1 or 2 shifts (which is a whole different problem).

I'm not sure if I'm expecting too much but I thought the job of the support coordinator's job is to help find and manage the supports we need?

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Hi all,

I'm in a pretty rough place right now and some friends of mine have been offering me recurring money to help pay for food.

Do I need to report these donations to centerlink and if I do, would it affect my income?

Just trying to budget costs and the results of this question do matter. TIA.

I've never understood why "pick-me girl" is an insult, so I'm curious about your experience with them.

*because reddit is suggesting this post may be taken down because it's not asking for advice apparently, the advice is that a pick-me girl is interested in me and I'm not sure if I should go on that ride.*

My family has completely abandoned me due to my Tourette's developing some pretty nasty tics. I've now been homeless for way too long because of it and inability to find suitable accommodation within my price range. All the suitable accommodations that are within my price range are shared... which means no to that as well.

I don't know how the fuck to get out of this mess right now. I can't work because of my condition, I can't get my own home because of my condition, I can't get any support from my family because of my condition, and I can't afford medical help to try and help manage my tics because of my situation that my condition caused me...

Like... am I supposed to just kill myself at this point? No wonder our suicide rates are so much higher than everyone else...