Question about testing process for adult ASD diagnosis

I went alone.  No questions were hard or particularly loaded.  You dont have to answer anything you dont want to.  Just go there with an open mind, do your best, answer honestly and the rest is down to the psychologist running it.

They will ask about your childhood.  you went through it, so answer honestly.  It may help to jot down things you remember of your childhood on paper prior to the interview.   The questions tend to be very related to how different you were to others, eg, did you play alone, live in your world, were you gifted or did you struggle to learn ne wthings, etc.  Their was a lot of reinforcement during my interview with similar questions being reworded and posed I guess to see if you were trying to fake ASD.  For me that was the end of session one.

Session two was about the adult end of things.  How doe sit affect you in your life, eg, does it affect you at work and how, daya to day activities you do, routines, obsessions, etc.  Just answer it honestly and dont answer anything you arent comfortable with.

You then get a yay or nay.  They ask if you want the report to be private or a copy sent to your gp as well.  i opted for a copy to my doctor since it will end up in my NHS records and if im ever admitted to A&E after something serious it should show up in my Primary Care Record.  Its up to you if you do or dont.  But it will go on an NHS record regardless, if it was done through the NHS.

Then comes the fun bit.  Knowing means contemplating.  You start to almost see things a little clearer.  Something you maybe do that you never thought of before but is probably ASD related.  Not to mention the consolidation and acceptance that you have a disability on some level (although i see it more as an advancement in many ways).  The whole coming to terms bit, takes a while.  But you will.

I went alone.  No questions were hard or particularly loaded.  You dont have to answer anything you dont want to.  Just go there with an open mind, do your best, answer honestly and the rest is down to the psychologist running it.

They will ask about your childhood.  you went through it, so answer honestly.  It may help to jot down things you remember of your childhood on paper prior to the interview.   The questions tend to be very related to how different you were to others, eg, did you play alone, live in your world, were you gifted or did you struggle to learn ne wthings, etc.  Their was a lot of reinforcement during my interview with similar questions being reworded and posed I guess to see if you were trying to fake ASD.  For me that was the end of session one.

Session two was about the adult end of things.  How doe sit affect you in your life, eg, does it affect you at work and how, daya to day activities you do, routines, obsessions, etc.  Just answer it honestly and dont answer anything you arent comfortable with.

You then get a yay or nay.  They ask if you want the report to be private or a copy sent to your gp as well.  i opted for a copy to my doctor since it will end up in my NHS records and if im ever admitted to A&E after something serious it should show up in my Primary Care Record.  Its up to you if you do or dont.  But it will go on an NHS record regardless, if it was done through the NHS.

Then comes the fun bit.  Knowing means contemplating.  You start to almost see things a little clearer.  Something you maybe do that you never thought of before but is probably ASD related.  Not to mention the consolidation and acceptance that you have a disability on some level (although i see it more as an advancement in many ways).  The whole coming to terms bit, takes a while.  But you will.