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Adult assessment without ADI-R - does it exist?

Craig

Due to the increasingly large NHS waiting lists for adult autism assessments, I am considering biting the bullet and going private. My primary concern (apart from the cost) is the fact that I don't really have anyone who could accurately represent my childhood for the ADI-R part of the assessment (I'm 50 years old). Therefore, can an assessment be purely based on ADOS-2? If so, is it still a valid assessment? I'd be interested to hear from anyone in a similar situation who has managed to find a valid assessment path. Thanks in advance.

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  • Hi Craig, I was lucky to have that input, but many here have been assessed as adults without, either because their loved ones have passed on or because they don't get on with them.  The issue would be the same irrespective of whether you were assessed on the NHS or privately.

    Yes, it is still a valid assessment.

    You can help your assessors out a bit if you still have old school reports or anything of that nature.  I expect that they will take the child hood accounts direct from you and you might want to spend some time thinking about the things that bothered you as a kid, what you played and how etc.

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  • Hi Craig, I was lucky to have that input, but many here have been assessed as adults without, either because their loved ones have passed on or because they don't get on with them.  The issue would be the same irrespective of whether you were assessed on the NHS or privately.

    Yes, it is still a valid assessment.

    You can help your assessors out a bit if you still have old school reports or anything of that nature.  I expect that they will take the child hood accounts direct from you and you might want to spend some time thinking about the things that bothered you as a kid, what you played and how etc.

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