Getting dressed when meeting the doctor

Description: A person holding a cardigan in one hand and a hoodie in the other.
Text: ‘When you have a doctor’s appointment and have to balance between dressing well enough to be taken seriously, but sloppy enough to still look as sick as you are.’
She is thinking: And what about make-up?’

It’s OK

You don’t have to accept things just because you ‘should’.

 

Trying to get a child tested for ADHD be like

A lot of kids with ADHD try to hold it together in school. They don’t want to be different and they want to perform well. When they come home from school they are so drained of energy and they let it all out in front of their parents or siblings.

In Sweden, an ADHD-test must be initiated by the school. This due to testing being expensive (paid by taxes) and that only people who really need a diagnosis shall be tested. So far, so good. The problem is when kids (preferable girls) try to overcompensate in school and the teachers doesn’t notice the issues. The ADHD-tests are thereby canceled and the kid does not get any adjustments.

There are many burned-out kids in Sweden who can’t attend school anymore and most of these have ADHD and/or autism, diagnosed or not. Even kids who can’t go to school anymore may have trouble getting an ADHD-test. All due to the schools’ bad knowledge of neuropsychiatric disabilities and unwillingness to pay for adjustments if the kids get a diagnosis (they don’t pay for the testing). (It’s all tax money in the end, but they try to keep their budget.)

Below is one in Swedish.

Health care dodgeball

I made one in Swedish too. It probably makes more sense here and in countries where the health care is mostly financed by taxes.

I’ve been ‘kicked’ back and forth so many times in so many years. For me it actually doesn’t matter much where I get help as long as I get help.

But it obviously means a lot to the health care providers to get out of caring for me. (Even if it is the same tax money in the end.)

Ps. You can share and change this meme if you want. I’m working on another one in the same theme (with more people on).