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Got a referral! Question

Kalina

Hello!

I recently got a referral, I am so so happy as this took such a long time and I am a step closer. 

I know it may take years for an assessment, but I really struggle with not knowing what will happen. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what happens now? I know I will have an autism assessment but I would love to know what happens during them (non personal of course, just the generic questions they ask, what they do). I just struggle with not knowing what will happen exactly, my GP is overloaded so I don’t want to bother my doctor anymore than I have done. I found out that I am being referred though a SMS so they are definitely struggling. 

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  • I was diagnosed through the Lancashire Autism Service, referred by the NHS.

    About 4 months after the doctor sent the referral, there was a short phone appointment, though this was mostly just for triage/safeguarding purposes - they just asked about personal circumstances and not anything diagnostic at this stage.

    Six months later a link for a set of online forms arrived (AQ-50, relatives questionnaire, and empathy quotient)

    Another six months and there's a video interview over microsoft teams, which takes about 2 hours. Many of the questions are similar to the ones on rating scales like the aq50, and go over a description of my history.

    a year later, there's another ms teams meeting with the results, and I get a short report in the e-mail. They said I'd be receiving a longer report, but that was 7 months ago and I haven't received it yet, and my doctors surgery haven't received anything yet..

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  • I was diagnosed through the Lancashire Autism Service, referred by the NHS.

    About 4 months after the doctor sent the referral, there was a short phone appointment, though this was mostly just for triage/safeguarding purposes - they just asked about personal circumstances and not anything diagnostic at this stage.

    Six months later a link for a set of online forms arrived (AQ-50, relatives questionnaire, and empathy quotient)

    Another six months and there's a video interview over microsoft teams, which takes about 2 hours. Many of the questions are similar to the ones on rating scales like the aq50, and go over a description of my history.

    a year later, there's another ms teams meeting with the results, and I get a short report in the e-mail. They said I'd be receiving a longer report, but that was 7 months ago and I haven't received it yet, and my doctors surgery haven't received anything yet..

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