Hello all, I hope you are well.
I have several concerns regarding the ASD assessment and I wondered if you guys had any advise or tips.
1) I went into care at 15 (self referred) and have zero contact or information about my life before the age of 18 - its like I didn't exist - no school reports, photos, journal entries or biological relationships to reflect upon my childhood experience - will this affect diagnosis? I have been warned that I may only receive a "working Diagnosis" due to being unable to "prove" traits existed in childhood. Prove = to provide evidence of and all I have in my memory's and perception and I am unsure this will meet the criteria required.
2) I cant research the process or the ASD assessment centre - I like to get photos inside buildings of new places so I know where to go when inside (toilets) check out lighting and what type of clocks they use, where to wait (if I'm waiting).
Well I just cant plan appropriately - I'm conscious of assessment bias if I do too much research on the mechanics of the assessment but I have so many other questions outstanding that I would like to resolve prior to attending.
Any advise - what happens socially at these assessment interactions?
Many thanks for your time and patients
