adults with autism 
adults living in poverty
all available services are for children only
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Even then "all available" is doing some heavy fucking lifting.
A couple years ago, when I was on state medicaid, I went to see a psychiatrist. Over the course of the hour I explained to him how life-changing my ADHD diagnosis had been, and how much the medication helped.
He said that I had no need for medication because I'm an adult with a college degree. "Next patient." It was one of the must frustrating experiences of my life. I had been without my prescription for over a year at that point.
~ One Week Later ~
My loving, working-class parents bleed out exactly $500.00 cash for me to see a private psychiatrist. I told him I had been diagnosed in the past. He listened and gave me a standard assessment. "You do indeed appear to have ADHD. Here is your prescription."
The daily injustices of class society. 
and we live in a society where most parents believe neurodiversity is just a fancy word for lazy
I hate how true this is. Same for ADHD, though not to this extent.
ADHD comes with its own little horror in that seeking the most effective treatment instantly makes you a criminal in the eyes of pharmacists, doctors, and lawmakers.
"Congrats on your ADHD diagnosis! The most effective treatment for this condition is stimulant medication."
Thanks doc, can I be prescribed stimulant medication to treat my ADHD?
Doctor types "drug seeker" into your chart, offers SNRI instead, acts like you're faking it a month later when you don't respond well to the treatment
I have a massive needlephobia too and was thus only able to get the initial vaccine, using the exact methods you described (except I actually got prescribed benzos). Solidarity comrade, fuck the so-called "American healthcare system". Death to America.I just don't understand then why they put folks like me on Vyvanse when I was a kid.
In my experience, children getting stimulants isn't usually a big deal for doctors because it's unlikely for children to have a preexisting history of drug addiction. It's young adults, especially people of color, requiring controlled substances that sets off their cop brain worms
Even as a white teenager in the mid 2000's they wouldn't prescribe me real painkillers after surgery, they gave me extra strength tylonol which was basically nothing and I was still in agony for over a week
Cop brain worms may be the worst brain worms
What was your situation like? I wish I'd been put on Vyvanse as a kid.
I was diagnosed in Kindergarten and they put me on medication K-7ish and 11-12. About 5-7 and later I was probably taking Vyvanse. I had Medicaid at the time. No psychiatrist ever tried to explain what was the matter with me and I was never really conscious of what was the matter. They just told me to take the medicine so I could be allowed to go to school.
Tell me about it. My pharmacy began refusing to fill my prescriptions last year because of asinine new distance regulations. Now I have to waste four hours every month driving to a different pharmacy.
That's the neat part -- sometimes it's both at the same time! 
"I'm sure he'll just outgrow it."
Meanwhile my last psychiatrist was like "Yes you do show many symptoms of ASD, but I do not believe in the usefulness of the medical criteria of the DSM-5 [proceeds to speak about Freud for 5 minutes]"; from what I've heard Freud is still a massive problem for psychiatry in my country (France).
Deeply unserious psychiatry "professional"
Imagine a future with less fast food workers and more occupational therapists.
What kind of support or services would you like or should be expected for diagnosed adults?
Adult Autism Support Groups.
By adults with autism (hopefully ones who were diagnosed young) for adults with autism (ideally those recently diagnosed). Just provide a space where neurodivergent people and specialists can offer their help to other neurodivergent people in their community.