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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 with a person who I knew at the time and who knew me best, but they did not want to talk to them.  At the end I was asked about whether they can speak to my parents, but I was told this was only to find about speech onset to decide whether I would be diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome or high functioning autism.

    I really did not want to do that, and have still never told them, so they said they would diagnose me as high functioning autism.  But I do not think they make that distinction any more as the diagnosis now is only given as autistic spectrum disorder.  So maybe they will not want to speak to anyone else.

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  • I went with a person who I knew at the time and who knew me best, but they did not want to talk to them.  At the end I was asked about whether they can speak to my parents, but I was told this was only to find about speech onset to decide whether I would be diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome or high functioning autism.

    I really did not want to do that, and have still never told them, so they said they would diagnose me as high functioning autism.  But I do not think they make that distinction any more as the diagnosis now is only given as autistic spectrum disorder.  So maybe they will not want to speak to anyone else.

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