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Autism assessment

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I’m going through an autism assessment i’ve done the first part and they’ve said I qualify for the second I don’t get what that means? 

They sent me a list of stuff i need a piece of paper a pencil a coat hanger a cloth and string. I looked up why i need these and it says i have to make story out of them. I’m worrying about it so much I can’t make stories up I can’t read stories properly like doing voices for stuff that’s not even real like a talking dog dogs don’t talk and they don’t live in castles. 

I have no parents or family so i have no one to do that part of the assessment for me. 

Should i just cancel the next bit of the assessment? I’ve tried to think of a story with these things in front of me but I can’t these things don’t do anything we use them. All i think of is i use the pencil to draw on the paper and i use the coat hanger for clothes but that’s not a story. 

Then I saw you get a picture book and tell the story i can’t do this either I can’t do it with my daughter when she brought her reading book home her teacher called me in to school and told me that she expected me to read with her when i said there’s nothing to read there’s no words she told me it’s quite simple use your imagination and make a story up it’s not hard… but it is 
I don’t know what to do. 

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  • Hi there,

    Please don't give up.

    If they ask you to write a story and you just can't do it - then tell them, as that is the truth. There is no point in being anything other then truthful.  The fact that you just  can't write a story tells them something about you, and that is important.  If they ask you why, then tell them what you've told us, after all, that is the truth.

    My assessment was the best thing I have ever done, and I hope you look back on yours in the same way one day.

    Just be honest.

    I hope it goes well,

    Ben

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  • Hi there,

    Please don't give up.

    If they ask you to write a story and you just can't do it - then tell them, as that is the truth. There is no point in being anything other then truthful.  The fact that you just  can't write a story tells them something about you, and that is important.  If they ask you why, then tell them what you've told us, after all, that is the truth.

    My assessment was the best thing I have ever done, and I hope you look back on yours in the same way one day.

    Just be honest.

    I hope it goes well,

    Ben

Children
  • in reply to Ben

    Thank you for your reply… I’m going to try so what they ask of me and if I can’t then i’ll just tell them. I was worried you have to do these things or they don’t do the assessment which is why i thought about cancelling it so someone els could have their assessment quicker.