Published on 12, July, 2020
What is likely to happen at my assessment? It is a private assesssment. I already did the questionnaires, now we have an appointment for a face to face. They said it will last 3 hours and they’ll make a diagnosis at the end.
Hi Lellynelly,
It'll probably be more questions - either asking questions about your preferences (to screen the ASD) or asking about your history, family, school etc.
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Hi there, I have never gone though a private assessment. But, if this helps usually might ask you various questions regarding your life whether it be education, family life, hobbies or activities, social life, mood (to name a few). Maybe have another professional e.g. psychologist. Best of luck with your private assessment. Sorry, I couldn't be much help.
I can't say exactly, but my assessment/diagnosis was over two sessions: one to take a history about how you developed as a child and any particular autistic experiences (like special interests, bullying) - so answering questions about the past and present mostly. Then there's a practical test doing a variety of tasks with the assessor. On the NHS this is the ADOS-2 test. If you're going private it could be DISCO.
I hope it goes well.