Examples:
Yesterday I was at a health evaluation for a driver’s license. Everything went well with my physical health, but at questioning, my autism was bought up. I was accused of needing help with learning in primary school (despite of my grades, that were usually B (I know, I’m lazy)) and now I need a psychological evaluation.
When I started high school, most professors infantalized me, but later stopped after I proved myself (ok, some didn’t stop, like the slovene teacher and the sport teacher/coach).
When I meet someone new, they always think I am intelectually disabled, before proving otherwise…
Why is this happening?
Edit: It means a lot to talk to people who support me trough this (even if only on the internet). I took a psychological evaluation today. It included an iq test like form (easy, but didn’t finish the whole paper), questionairs and some cordination tests (that in my opinion I was bad at). Just waiting to get the results. Hopefully I’ll pass, but I can’t really do anything if I don’t, can just maybe try somewhere else in the EU (i think).
That you have to do all of that for a driver’s license is wild… physical and psychological evaluations?! For a drivers license?!
No, the examiner acused me of having an intelectual disability, just because I’m autistic.
This is for a regular drivers license, yea? The only way those evaluations make sense to me is if you were getting some kind of license to race on closed circuits/tracks.
Sorry you gotta deal with it, regardless!
Yes it was a regular driving test.
as i stated above. He is an idiot, say straight up to him : “you do not know what an intellectual disability is” and, to their next sentence, answer that you’ll be damn fine with lawsuit.
Autism not being described as an intellectual disability in the entire field of medicine that’s close to an autowin
I will never see him again, so it isn’t worth it. I will just easily pass the psychological tests.
If I sued him, he would probably win, since he could actually afford a lawsuit.
Do you think the US system is better? Just let anyone and everyone drive 3 tons machines at speeds that would have been impossible to reach in any public mode of transportation 100 years ago?
I mean, the US has driving tests and written tests you have to pass…People don’t walk into their state’s Department of Motor Vehicles, say “1 license to drive please,” and walk out without anyone checking to see if they’re competent to drive a non-commercial vehicle.
Arguably they need to test people again once they’re seniors, when mental decline can start. But that’s another subject.
Yeah, no. A drivers license in the United States is much more like a participation trophy at this point. The testing process mirrors that.
For the whole country or just some states. Because there are 50.of.thek.with their own laws
The easiest test I’ve ever received was the written portion of a US driving test. I’m sure the average American would need no more than ten minutes of study to pass it. I regularly observe US drivers either willfully ignoring what they know from the test or having forgotten it entirely. Everything is bad here but for transportation I wouldn’t be surprised if it were the worst in the developed world.
Even in Slovenia, I don’t recall anyone remembering anything from their tests and we have to do a theoretical, practical test and a medical evaluation.
Not everything is about the US, despite them living rent free in your head, apparently. Also, that’s not at all how it works in the US. But dont let the truth get in the way of your hate boner.
It pretty much is how it works with how easy to get your license in some States!
And some provinces, too
E.g.: Manitoba only requires you to show up to your appointments and pass tests, while Quebec needs 1.5 years of accredited training and road experience to get a probationary license.