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variety in assessment procedure

qwerty

I think a lot of people's experiences in the final assessment vary quite a lot, and after viewing various different websites about how the diagnosis is done in their clinics. Some require you to have an assessment with a diagnostic team with multiple professionals, while there are other clinics where the assessment is done with only one person. Some diagnostic interviews last many hours across multiple sessions and some are very short, e.g, 1-2 hours. 

I'm curious what people's experiences are like.

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  • Hi, I was assessed and diagnosed with Aspergers at the South London and Maudsley hospital. I had 2 appointments on the same day. The first was to do the ADOS with a psychologist and her colleague the second was for a psychiatric assessment with an ASD psychiatrist, she told me at the beginning of the psychiatric appointment that she thought I was autistic so it was ‘done and dusted’ quite quickly for me. 

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  • Hi, I was assessed and diagnosed with Aspergers at the South London and Maudsley hospital. I had 2 appointments on the same day. The first was to do the ADOS with a psychologist and her colleague the second was for a psychiatric assessment with an ASD psychiatrist, she told me at the beginning of the psychiatric appointment that she thought I was autistic so it was ‘done and dusted’ quite quickly for me. 

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