Dr. Mel Houser
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first heard Jul 2024
last heard Jul 2024
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That's the thing.
Healthcare, medical education actually believes that there is one linear, correct way to develop.
So when you ask me about barriers, I think that's important to name.
I think the medical model is a barrier to access.
I think that the way a professional sees you influences you.
your interactions.
If someone is viewing me through a deficit-based lens, my limbic system sounds the alarm.
You're not safe.
And there are so many patients who do not feel safe in healthcare environments.
And they're not wrong.
Yeah.
So I'm an autistic family physician, and I'm the executive director of a nonprofit organization in Vermont called All Brains Belong Vermont.
And we've developed a new model of healthcare to try to meet the needs of people who have felt dismissed, invalidated, other, not had their needs met by the traditional healthcare system.
And
The model we've developed here is integrating medical care into social connection, employment support, helping people arrive at a deep understanding of their needs.
And as for my why, when I was 37, I learned for the first time that I'm autistic, ADHD, dyslexic, dyscalculic, dyspraxic.
I
know anything about my brain until then.
And like many late identified neurodivergent adults, I discovered these things, received these diagnoses in the context of autistic burnout.
And literally within a few weeks of receiving my autism diagnosis,
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