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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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  • I referred myself and was asked to do the AQ/EQ questionnaires and then had an initial screening interview with a clinical psychologist lasting 1.5 hrs. That was followed by another appointment with the same psychologist to complete my social/developmental history. Then my parents/siblings completed and submitted questionnaires and my husband sent in information via email.

    I went back and did the ADOS with two different psychologists I had not met before. All the information gathered was then discussed at a multi-disciplinary team meeting. The final meeting was when I attended a 1.5 hr feedback session at which I was told my diagnosis by the first psychologist I saw. My husband was present for the last part of this.

    I got an email after the feedback session confirming my diagnosis, summarising our discussion and making initial recommendations. A letter confirming my diagnosis arrived  after a few days. The draft report was emailed several weeks later and I was given the opportunity to comment on it and make corrections before it was finalised.

    I chose to be assessed by psychologists who had particular expertise in working with autistic girls/women. The process took from mid-August 2018 (self referral) until mid-November 2018 (diagnosis) with the full report completed by mid-January 2019. There was a lot of therapeutic/counselling type intervention included In the assessment. The appointments were quite emotionally exacting so I was glad that they were spaced out and did not all happen on the same day

    Hope this is helpful. 

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  • I referred myself and was asked to do the AQ/EQ questionnaires and then had an initial screening interview with a clinical psychologist lasting 1.5 hrs. That was followed by another appointment with the same psychologist to complete my social/developmental history. Then my parents/siblings completed and submitted questionnaires and my husband sent in information via email.

    I went back and did the ADOS with two different psychologists I had not met before. All the information gathered was then discussed at a multi-disciplinary team meeting. The final meeting was when I attended a 1.5 hr feedback session at which I was told my diagnosis by the first psychologist I saw. My husband was present for the last part of this.

    I got an email after the feedback session confirming my diagnosis, summarising our discussion and making initial recommendations. A letter confirming my diagnosis arrived  after a few days. The draft report was emailed several weeks later and I was given the opportunity to comment on it and make corrections before it was finalised.

    I chose to be assessed by psychologists who had particular expertise in working with autistic girls/women. The process took from mid-August 2018 (self referral) until mid-November 2018 (diagnosis) with the full report completed by mid-January 2019. There was a lot of therapeutic/counselling type intervention included In the assessment. The appointments were quite emotionally exacting so I was glad that they were spaced out and did not all happen on the same day

    Hope this is helpful. 

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