Published on 12, July, 2020
I finally have a date for assessment. Having waited months on the NHS I eventually opted for private and although it is expensive, it will really help me at university because you need a diagnosis for educational support.
It's at the end of this month using the ADOS model. I'm not sure what that is yet but I have asked for some information so I have an idea what to expect on the day (they didn't have a timetable which would have been more helpful). I know it is going to be a difficult day with lots of questions, does anybody have any advice on how to make assessment as comfortable as possible? Ideally I'd take a colouring book with me but I'm not sure if that's allowed.
I'm sure you can bring a colouring book, why not? They probably won't want you to use it while doing the test unless you need it to calm yourself down before you can continue, but you may also need to wait a while or something, so if that helps you I would definitely take it with me.
The ADOS module 4 is about tasks to assess how you do in the areas below. It's probably best to simply be yourself and not think too much whether you behave "correctly". I'd think tasks are only part of the assessment, for one thing because they will also want to take into consideration what you were like when you were younger and some things will just be awkward for adults to be assess through tasks, so they'll perhaps sometimes also just ask how/if you usually do certain things.