What happens at an adult assessment at the Lorna Wing Centre?

As others have said the best thing is just to not worry, had an assessment at 30 (just under a year ago) and was worried as hell before it as I've always been a big over-thinker, as in before going getting into a loop of "am I actually autistic or am I just looking for an excuse for my weird behaviour and as people have suggested that I'm now subconsciously playing up to that and they'll catch it in the test and think I'm faking on purpose to abuse it" etc etc. But for me at least where I got mine done it was just a chat covering different things that suggest it and they were happy to explain things as much as needed, one of the first things I said was that the questionnaire they sent me beforehand was way to vague for me as it says "have you been sensitive to light" and the such, to which my first thought was "based on what scale? how do I know if what I experience isn't what other people do, is squinting constantly when it's sunny not the norm or is that the norm when not wearing sunglasses?"

Basically, to sum it up they'll have dealt with people all across the spectrum so will know how stressed you might feel because of it and the best way to reduce it while carrying out the assessment, unlike in the rest of the world they won't be expecting you to behave like everybody else and if anything will know more about it to the point they will likely be able to explain things you didn't even realise in a way that can help you cope more easily.

As others have said the best thing is just to not worry, had an assessment at 30 (just under a year ago) and was worried as hell before it as I've always been a big over-thinker, as in before going getting into a loop of "am I actually autistic or am I just looking for an excuse for my weird behaviour and as people have suggested that I'm now subconsciously playing up to that and they'll catch it in the test and think I'm faking on purpose to abuse it" etc etc. But for me at least where I got mine done it was just a chat covering different things that suggest it and they were happy to explain things as much as needed, one of the first things I said was that the questionnaire they sent me beforehand was way to vague for me as it says "have you been sensitive to light" and the such, to which my first thought was "based on what scale? how do I know if what I experience isn't what other people do, is squinting constantly when it's sunny not the norm or is that the norm when not wearing sunglasses?"

Basically, to sum it up they'll have dealt with people all across the spectrum so will know how stressed you might feel because of it and the best way to reduce it while carrying out the assessment, unlike in the rest of the world they won't be expecting you to behave like everybody else and if anything will know more about it to the point they will likely be able to explain things you didn't even realise in a way that can help you cope more easily.