My girlfriend is autistic. Advice?

This is specific to the bloodwork issue:

I don't know how similar your girlfriend is to me, but if I'd raised the possibility of blood tests and the doctor had told me there was no medical need for them, I'd be absolutely mortified, and wild horses couldn't get me to ask again. Coming under pressure from a partner to do so would be very difficult. I hate making mistakes, and a mistake that makes me look as if I think I know more than an actual expert makes me want the floor to open up and swallow me.

If I was ill, and not getting better, I'd be open to going back to the doctor and describing my symptoms. But I wouldn't be OK with explicitly asking for a blood test after being told by a doctor that it wasn't needed. My brain would just skitter away from the idea in panic.

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