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Denied full diagnostic assessment

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Just finished my triage appointment with the BASS service and got told they wont recommend me for a full assessment as I'm functioning. I'm really distraught and I genuinely think theyre wrong but I am not sure where to go from here.

Previous post discussing wait times community.autism.org.uk/.../bass-waiting-list-times-bath-bristol

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This was the reply to the email I sent to the diagnosis centre in Devon as I am moving back this summer and this was the reply. I am unsure if I have technically been assessed as BASS stated this was a triage to see if they though I needed an assessment and was basically a repeat of the questions on their referral questionnaire 

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  • Oh Lord. I feel for you. You are obviously a victim of too many referrals and too few resources and that of course will be cold comfort to you.

    As the others have stated, what the Hell does "functioning" mean anyway? Sure, there are people on the spectrum who will never even suspect that they are (that was so nearly me) because in many or most respects, they manage. But that doesn't mean we don't deserve to a) know who we are b) get some support where autism makes life tougher.

    Clearly, if you can find the funds private is an option, and I'd recommend the NAS own service, but functioning on the surface of it or not, if you are finding stuff underneath tough you deserve to have that made easier.

    I'd spend sometime listing the impacts to you and ask again. After all, they wouldn't ignore a diabetes patient just because they were more or less controlling that through diet. They'd still get that bit extra attention for that to make sure the impacts to the rest of their health were managed as well as they can be. 

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  • Oh Lord. I feel for you. You are obviously a victim of too many referrals and too few resources and that of course will be cold comfort to you.

    As the others have stated, what the Hell does "functioning" mean anyway? Sure, there are people on the spectrum who will never even suspect that they are (that was so nearly me) because in many or most respects, they manage. But that doesn't mean we don't deserve to a) know who we are b) get some support where autism makes life tougher.

    Clearly, if you can find the funds private is an option, and I'd recommend the NAS own service, but functioning on the surface of it or not, if you are finding stuff underneath tough you deserve to have that made easier.

    I'd spend sometime listing the impacts to you and ask again. After all, they wouldn't ignore a diabetes patient just because they were more or less controlling that through diet. They'd still get that bit extra attention for that to make sure the impacts to the rest of their health were managed as well as they can be. 

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