So I finally had my initial assessment yesterday and feel a bit ‘in limbo’ about what happens next?
They said that they would need to have a meeting with a parent at the end of the month and then it will go to panel. I’ve read a lot of posts on here where people have mentioned questionnaires and numerous assessment meetings but I haven’t had to do any of that. (Also I forgot to note, my mum has told me that she doesn’t think I’m Autistic and will tell the people in the meeting that).
My assessment took place in the same building where I had to meet with a psychologist prior to being referred, with a speech and language therapist and an occupational therapist. They both seemed really nice and wrote a lot during the meeting.
They asked me about things like friendships, relationships, interests, sensory issues and then we did some ‘activities’. I feel as though I’ve done them wrong though.
One of of the activities was a black and white outline where I had to order some foam shapes. They were all the same shape, but different shades of red, and there were three blue ones. They kept turning the image around and asking what I could see. I said it looked like a rocket?
The next part part was when the man told a story about some frogs using a picture book and asked me to continue. He seemed to go into a lot of detail, but I couldn’t think on the spot so just described the pictures.
Another was when he got a packet of different items out and asked me to choose 5 of them and make up a story. I chose a car and 4 blocks and said it was a car showroom. Told a story about a sandwich and a surfer, but he made the sea with a piece of string, and a shark with a feather. I didn’t really pay attention to what he was saying as I was trying to get my head around the items.
I already feel as though they’re not going to diagnose me because I could answer a lot of their questions, but I’m really good at masking. I told them I kind of already know I have ASD, and feel as though I present more ‘female autistic’, due to being able to mask and mimic other people’s behaviours.
I did take along a 4 page document of all of the issues I have in day to day life and they said they’d be taken into consideration.
I kind of of feel even more lost than I was before...
