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Paying for a private assessment of Autism DISCO

Moomin5

Hello,

This is my first time posting on the forum, so hopefully i've asked this question in the correct area Slight smile

I'm having to pay for a private assessment and i'm starting to get a little nervous about it all! I've found someone local to me using the NAS website but was wondering if it's normal for just one person to do the assessment? According to the NAS's section on Aspergers, normally a team of people are involved in the diagnosis process. This is going to cost me around £700 so i'm really wanting to make the right choice.

He uses the DISCO framework which I don't know much about but as it's what the Lorna Wing Centre use i'm guessing that it's a good sign? (I can't afford Lorna Wing or I would go there as apparently they're very experienced in diagnosing women)

Any experience of this or general advice is most welcome. Thanks.

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  • Hi Moomin

    I had a private diagnosis a little over a year ago.

    I was 62 at the time and was told by my doctor it was  not possible to get an assessment under the NHS.

    Just one psychologist diagnosed me.  I had written a rather  long report a few weeks beforeheand on his recommendation, a potted history of my life using his prompting questions as a guide.

    I was more nervous about not being diagnosed than I was about being diagnosed.  Coming to terms with it, however much I was expecting it, took a while.  I was thinking about what might have been had I been diagnosed as a youngster although autism was not really recognised in those days except in the dusty archives of medical textbooks.

    I must say there has been no difficulty in getting the report accepted by anyone.  The biggest difficulty I think is getting people to realise the difficulties I have cannot be 'cured'. But most of all the diagnosis gave me reasons for the many problems I have had throughout m life. 

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  • Hi Moomin

    I had a private diagnosis a little over a year ago.

    I was 62 at the time and was told by my doctor it was  not possible to get an assessment under the NHS.

    Just one psychologist diagnosed me.  I had written a rather  long report a few weeks beforeheand on his recommendation, a potted history of my life using his prompting questions as a guide.

    I was more nervous about not being diagnosed than I was about being diagnosed.  Coming to terms with it, however much I was expecting it, took a while.  I was thinking about what might have been had I been diagnosed as a youngster although autism was not really recognised in those days except in the dusty archives of medical textbooks.

    I must say there has been no difficulty in getting the report accepted by anyone.  The biggest difficulty I think is getting people to realise the difficulties I have cannot be 'cured'. But most of all the diagnosis gave me reasons for the many problems I have had throughout m life. 

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