Hi,
As the mother of 2 autistic children, I finally got up the guts to get assessed myself. I was shocked to find that they would not diagnose me because my non-verbal skills were too good, other than that, I would've got the diagnosis. I've spent almost 50 years watching and observing people (I've even been challenged several times for inadvertently staring at strangers whilst watching them). I can keep eye contact for a few seconds then I have to look away, but I'm a naturally friendly, smiley person (like my son) and I feel the assessor didn't 'get me' and took my learnt friendliness the wrong way. I'm having to lodge a complaint which fills me with dread, but a correct diagnosis is very important to me. Has anyone else come across this, or feel their ability to 'act' normal was used against them in an assessment?
