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Rights and responsibility to diagnose

Craig39089

Hi All, 

Does anyone have any information around what groups have a real legal responsibility to identify the need for a diagnosis?

I'm feeling a lot of anger towards the University of York right now who failed me in my time of need and don't care about it.  When I was severely struggling I ended up getting a half arsed dyslexia diagnosis and have paid a heavy cost to my health when I got thrown into political workplace situations.  Am left wondering what direction my career could have taken or if those years of terrible health been avoided.

I'm left wondering how much responsibility, legal or moral, disability departments at universities have to spot the signs and support their students. 

There are plenty of questions around the NHS and their responsibilities when I got repeatedly fobbed off with severe back pain as well but not sure I've got the energy for that full rant... 

Thanks, 

Craig

  • in reply to qwerty

    The NHS is fantastic from what I understand when it comes to serious physical problems, they just have no time for mental health or quality of life issues frustratingly.  It took going catatonic in an appointment and even then I had to wait years on a waiting list until eventually going private...

    Hoped that signing up for circle of friends here would be a healthier way of expressing my frustration but still a lot of it there apparently! 

  • Sorry to hear the sad and unfortunate situation. You have my sympathy.

    It might help to know that you are not the only one with this situation. I went to the disability service in my university a couple of years ago, and they said they will follow up with me through email, and I waited and waited, but they never did. I wasn't sure what to do and assumed that they didn't believe me. It was almost a year later when I had the courage to go through the NHS route instead. But it took so long, and I wasn't able to get any support because of all the delays, and the university's lack of responsibility just made the situation worse. For me, even after getting a diagnosis, it was still equally difficult to get any support, as they keep shifting the responsibilities to other people (person A says to ask person B who says to ask person C, who says you need to disclose before a certain deadline), or they just keep ignoring emails.

    I think identification and providing support is a problem in a lot of places, not just in universities. On this forum, you can see many posts about people not being taken seriously when they approached their GP to ask for a referral - even though the NAS website clearly says that GPs should follow the NICE guideline 142 and be aware of the statutory guidance requiring a clear diagnosis pathway for adults....

    I find the administrative procedures all over the country are just terrible and inefficient....or perhaps it's just particularly difficult for autistic people....