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NAS39123

hello I am new to the forum although I have viewed it for quite some time.

I am very lost at the moment yesterday after a 18month wait with my life on hold I was refused a diagnosis of asd due to the fact I have 3 friends whom I have known since childhood, he said and I quote "people with asd don't have friends"  and I don't flap my hands! The assessor said I was very good at conversation because at the begging of the assessment we spoke about motorcycles (one of my interests) and I only said that I had one and I had also ridden the same bike he has.

 had a full on meltdown at work today throwing tools and running out of the place as I think everything is just getting on top of me my meltdowns were the reason I went for diagnosis as It constantly affects my work I put this on the paperwork before my appointment  I was not asked about my meltdowns once! I have read multiple books/blogs/websites about asd and I am 100 percent sure I have it.

is there any way I can get a second opinion?

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  • Who was this assessor? He does not sound qualified to do an autism assessment, as autism has nothing to do with whether one has long term friendships, can hold conversations etc, where in the DSM V does it state that an autistic mustn't be able to talk about anything and mustn't have any long term friends? Ignore that guy, go back to your GP and in the meantime put in an official complaint about the assessor. Depending which health authority region you are in the method differs, but the information will be on the NHS region website and basically you just send an email or a letter detailing your complaint and sit back and wait. I am so sorry you have been treated like this though, the psychiatrist I saw was really helpful and used RAAD-R as a confirmation but even gave me a copy of the paper behind it after giving me my diagnosis as he knew I would be interested in it, which was very true.

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  • Who was this assessor? He does not sound qualified to do an autism assessment, as autism has nothing to do with whether one has long term friendships, can hold conversations etc, where in the DSM V does it state that an autistic mustn't be able to talk about anything and mustn't have any long term friends? Ignore that guy, go back to your GP and in the meantime put in an official complaint about the assessor. Depending which health authority region you are in the method differs, but the information will be on the NHS region website and basically you just send an email or a letter detailing your complaint and sit back and wait. I am so sorry you have been treated like this though, the psychiatrist I saw was really helpful and used RAAD-R as a confirmation but even gave me a copy of the paper behind it after giving me my diagnosis as he knew I would be interested in it, which was very true.

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