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Got my assessment questionnaire today! Yay!

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I've been on the NHS waiting list for two years, which was about their original estimate so I emailed them to ask if it would be soon. They said it would still be another 6 to 12 months.  Welp.  But then I got a letter saying that they could pass my referral to a local private centre who are now taking on some of the caseload and put me as a priority. Hooray! 

Today I got some more paperwork, and was very excited to see some pertinent questions like "How do you feel about starting conversations?" (Awful.) And "How are you at expressing or talking about your feelings with other people?" (So. So. Hard.) And "Are your routines important to you?" (It's how I manage life.) And "Tell us about your main interests or hobbies. How often do you spend thinking about or doing these?" Haha, how long have you got?

At first I was worried that they'll be using ADOS but this looks nice and comprehensive. I'm excited to see if I get the infamous frog book. XD 

(I realise that there's no real question here, but I'm happy and nervous that it's FINALLY happening and I needed to share and maybe get some encouragement.)

  • in reply to Mariusz

    Actually my answer are much more detailed than that, but I was trying to keep the post brief!

    It's "a piece of cake" because that's what they call a slice in American English, which is the culture that popularised the phrase. (I lived over there for a while as a kid.)

    I feel for you, but in a way I guess it helped with the diagnosis and it's good that they were understanding about it.

    Thanks for the encouragement!

  • I like your answers. Very concise. It confuses allistic Smiley It is the only way I have found out so far when I am successful in getting an 'upper hand' in conversations. 

    Don't worry. It's slice of a cake Stuck out tongue I don't know why functioning version is piece a cake when correct version is slice of a cake. 

    I almost had a meltdown half way through. They asked me if I wanted to go outside and that we could have a 15min break.