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Adult Assessment

Hellbell


I'm due to have my assessment start online April 26th. 90 minutes for the first part. It’s through DAANA here in Devon.
I’m nervous, what can I expect as an adult? I know they will ask about childhood, but there are incidents in my life that are traumatic, do they expect you to talk about them?

Do they do any tests or activities? I have done so many online tests that are recommended for adults and my scores never change.

Do they consider that I’m female and a life long masker? What do I do if I go mute which I can do if overwhelmed by it all.

should I write out my memories and life history as an aid so I don’t forget important key points?

if anyone can answer these I would be so grateful, I’m getting moments of imposter syndrome and looking for some constructive insight so I know what to expect as they don’t tell you much.

thanks in advance, any DAANA assessed people I would like to hear from.

hellbell.Nerd

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  • Hellbell said:
    should I write out my memories and life history as an aid so I don’t forget important key points?

    It's hard to say what it will be like as it will depend on which assessment methods they use.  I went with NAS diagnostic centre which uses the DISCO model, which is different to some NHS departments who use the ADOS.  You might want to google both for an idea.

    As for the memories, actually I'd write it all out in great detail and give it too them.  They still want you talk about it, but I'd say you wanted to be sure that they had enough to make an objective judgement and were afraid you'd forget something essential, then give them your notes.  Effectively I did this before mine and the assessors did say that it helped them.

    If you've got old school reports, old diaries or video of you as a child it might be helpful for them to see those too.  I went right through my archives scanning all this stuff.  There were so many examples of obviously autistic behaviours I'd never thought anything of and had often forgotten all about.

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  • Hellbell said:
    should I write out my memories and life history as an aid so I don’t forget important key points?

    It's hard to say what it will be like as it will depend on which assessment methods they use.  I went with NAS diagnostic centre which uses the DISCO model, which is different to some NHS departments who use the ADOS.  You might want to google both for an idea.

    As for the memories, actually I'd write it all out in great detail and give it too them.  They still want you talk about it, but I'd say you wanted to be sure that they had enough to make an objective judgement and were afraid you'd forget something essential, then give them your notes.  Effectively I did this before mine and the assessors did say that it helped them.

    If you've got old school reports, old diaries or video of you as a child it might be helpful for them to see those too.  I went right through my archives scanning all this stuff.  There were so many examples of obviously autistic behaviours I'd never thought anything of and had often forgotten all about.

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