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Question about testing process for adult ASD diagnosis

aryankanse6

What is the extent of potentially embarassing questions the psych doctor will ask during the evaluation of an adult ASD diagnosis? I'm hesitent to bring a family member that might not fully know my personal habits as an adult, but knew me as a child to support answering questions during an evaluation. I don't know what to expect. From what I understand the testing is like 4 hours. I'm considering going alone.

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  • I went alone. I was made very comfortable, and I found that the assessment was so well structured that I was never embarrassed at any point by any of the questioning/questions.

    Unless your particular guidance from your assessment centre specifically asks you to bring friend or family member along to the initial meeting I'd leave that until later.

    I expected my assessment centre to ask about friends or family members so I volunteered a couple of names. I was asked to let my friend/family member know that the centre would be contacting them and that was all it took. The centre handles it all and all they need from you is name, relationship, how long they've known you (in the case of friend) and contact details.

    Every good wish
    Ess Cee

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  • I went alone. I was made very comfortable, and I found that the assessment was so well structured that I was never embarrassed at any point by any of the questioning/questions.

    Unless your particular guidance from your assessment centre specifically asks you to bring friend or family member along to the initial meeting I'd leave that until later.

    I expected my assessment centre to ask about friends or family members so I volunteered a couple of names. I was asked to let my friend/family member know that the centre would be contacting them and that was all it took. The centre handles it all and all they need from you is name, relationship, how long they've known you (in the case of friend) and contact details.

    Every good wish
    Ess Cee

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