Referral

I was  called for an initial chat  to see if I should be taken forward to a full assessment. It took 2 years from referral by my GP to my Diagnosis ( under NHS ).    It was well worth the wait as I now can work on the issues I was having at work and at home with relationships with other ( humans ).

Two years? Wow, that is longer than I thought it was going to be. Did you tell work / friends / etc you were going for the diagnosis or did you wait to get the formal diagnosis first?

Two years? Wow, that is longer than I thought it was going to be. Did you tell work / friends / etc you were going for the diagnosis or did you wait to get the formal diagnosis first?

Thank you so much for sharing. I'm so glad your employer have been so good.

i told work and all hell kicked off  i dont have friends to tell  i told members of my family who didnt really care but that's a normal reaction. My nephew who also is autistic was surprised but I think we now have a connection. I talk to him about his autistic world which is very deep and dark at times but with a happy front presented to the world.

tell as few as people as u can get away with at work because I found some people completely stopped talking to me at all. But that shows more about them than me. 

Will going for the diagnosis I told no one because I thought I would be told there is nothing wrong with u ------- so i was shocked to be told i was on the spectrum ! i was speechless for a week. i told HR in my work one month later. I told HR I only wanted my Line manager to know. But 2 years later  I reckon more people in my office now know. On reflection my employer has been quite good to me so far which when I say it, like now, cheers me up