Published on 12, July, 2020
Good Evening All,
I would love to formulate a post diagnostic course for Autistics or even a book. One that contains all of the information that I wish had been available to me when I had been diagnosed. That information that you spend hours and hours foraging for in the information jungle that is the world wide web. Information that is slowly learned from time spent with other Autistics but that would be so much more convenient and time saving to have in a nice neat easy to read and digest format.
So, what information would you want to see in a post diagnostic course or book?
There is such a need here and a we need to have diagnosis as a gateway to treatment not the end of care.
Personally I think knowing and understanding your traits is stage 1, then knowing and understanding your stims and masks, then finally alternative coping strategies.
The thought is you have to start with knowing where you are, then knowing what you are doing and how well it works and finally looking at alternatives to see if there is something better.
The Post Diagnostic assessment is the datum, the benchmark, to properly assess our support needs going forward - in all cases, this must always be a basic legal requirement - this is something that must be fought for - we need to start lobbying all of our MP’s to get the relevant laws changed in Parliament as challenging the existing laws in the courts will not achieve this objective - this applies to both private and public - there is an ageing population and many are being diagnosed later in life, it’s all very well to be focusing support on children but where does this leave adults living with autism?