Fretting about the validity of a private diagnosis

I'm going with the Lorna Wing Centre. Expensive, but world leaders and no one will doubt their verdict, I'm sure and I will have confidence that whatever they say is right. They also do NHS work and depending on where you live your trust may be prepared to have you assessed there.

I'm sure there are lots of others across the country. I guess questions I'd ask are do they take NHS cases? Or does the NHS/social services accept their diagnoses. (That might say something about the reliability of their diagnoses. Or what percentage of cases do they diagnose with autism? (If too high, I might be suspsious).

I'm just wondering if there are particular qualification sets or professional memberships you should look for in their clinicians. Perhaps, some one else can advise.

There's a directory of practitioners on this site which might throw up someone near you.

• Their diagnosis could be right,whether NHS(or particularly DWP) would accept are to do with cost,not always patients welfare. A shame really. But i really hope you get what it is that is correcty,and right for u.

• Their diagnosis could be right,whether NHS(or particularly DWP) would accept are to do with cost,not always patients welfare. A shame really. But i really hope you get what it is that is correcty,and right for u.