Pediatrics - Dignity Health Woodland Clinic - Woodland Tyler Ann Sands aka Sister Gramps: Nice place, very open area, free parking. My friend appt.checkin was what we thought good, but a lady at desk did not communicate to the other check in area that we were there and that lady left. Sat for 30 min. Until I had to say something.
UC Davis Medical Group Davis - Davis Erica Varga: I had an appointment today with Dr. Martin DuFour, and it was one of the worst medical experiences of my life. I went in to get an ADHD evaluation since it’s something I’ve been struggling with for too long. When I voiced my concerns, he told me that since I am a grad student that I couldn’t have ADHD and that a lot of young people today are just looking to get medication, and that ADHD is way too overdiagnosed. It was very invalidating since this is something that I have thought about for a long time. I also brought up being autistic to which he said that people with autism aren’t high functioning enough to be in grad school, and that if anything I might have Asperger’s, a term that hasn’t been used for a long time. This was also extremely offensive and upsetting, and the terms high and low functioning are seen as offensive in the autism community. Instead we like to frame things in terms of high and low support needs depending on how much you can mask. I made him aware of this which he quickly brushed off, saying “different ways of looking at things, they’re always changing the terminology”, obviously not listening to what I was saying. This was most disrespectful and unprofessional doctor I’ve ever had. I hope that he never sees a neurodivergent patient again.
