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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trappedslider" data-source="post: 9661592" data-attributes="member: 41932">So, I'm coping this from reddit and you can choose to believe it or not. Episode 7 spoilers[spoiler][MEDIA=reddit]ThePittTVShow/comments/1km18uj[/MEDIA]<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/fxryker/" target="_blank">fxryker</a>-I’m friends with and used to work with a physician who is known for specializing in helping autistic patients. I myself am also autistic, and worked as an EMT and ED tech before medical schoolAlso before medical school I volunteered with their clinic and they would ask me about my experience working with autistic patients. A couple years later I just met up with them because they were my interviewer for a research study about autism that I joined, and they told me that they consulted for “this show called The Pitt, have you heard of it?” and instantly I was like “yeah my fiancée and I binged the whole thing!”They then said “remember in episode 7 when Dr. King treated the autistic patient?” and that’s when I started putting two-and-two together:When my fiancée and I watched that scene, about a non-pharmacological approach to patient care that involved an autistic physician using their lived experiences to treat another autistic patient, I literally turned to her and said “that’s crazy because I would do the same exact thing”Well, it turns out, my friend used my story when consulting for the show! Obviously you’ll have to take my word for it because it wouldn’t be appropriate to share email chains, but I promise I wouldn’t make this upAnyway, I just thought y’all would find that neat, I’m very happy such a large audience was able to truly experience what it’s like when autistic medical providers are able to help autistic patients <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />[/spoiler]</blockquote>

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