Thanks for starting this thread, Lindsey.

I think it's true that people can be frightened by a dx, but even with the more 'socially acceptable' conditions people can still be dismissive or have impossible expectations. I try to value each person for who they are, because everyone has worth, but so many people just don't seem to care. As soon as someone has been struggling for that little bit 'too long' all the support just melts away.

Mimsies, thank you for that story - it must have been awful at the time, but you tell it so well that it made me smile, which is a bit of an achievement at present!