Published on 12, July, 2020
I understand for a diagnosis it's likely that the diagnosis service will want to talk to a parent or someone who knew me as a young child. This is an idea that utterly fills me with dread for a whole bunch of reasons and has been the biggest barrier to me seeking a diagnosis. Has anyone here been diagnosed without involvement of a parent? Or refused a diagnosis because they couldn't/wouldn't involve a parent?
You don't need anyone - you can do it on your own - I did.
The big problem with parents is they can accidentally 'normalise' everything odd you did as a child - and there's a good chance one of them is undiagnosed too.
If you are on the spectrum, any good interviewer will spot it a mile away - you can't hide it if they know what to look for or what to ask.
Thank you, that's very reassuring. That's my fear with my parent - that they would try to downplay anything that could be an indicator of autism