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Adult autism assessment

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How much do adult autism assessments rely on childhood experiences? My memory of my childhood is pretty hazy, possibly due to trauma, and I'm worried that I won't be able to get a diagnosis if it's not clear that the traits were present during childhood. I feel as though everything that I experience now as an adult has always been present for me but I will have trouble thinking of actual examples of this. The first part of my assessment is on Monday and I am so nervous 

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  • I think one thing that’s quite common is that early childhood cushions the overwhelm threshold and it’s secondary school where the cracks really begin to show. Nevertheless there probably are some early things you could try to think of. What do you know of how you were as a toddler? Could you sit with one toy for a long time without losing focus? Was learning to write a challenge (pen grip was something I got ‘wrong’ early on and affects me to this day). If it was a sunny day and everyone was ‘treated’ to a special day outside did your stomach turn over at the unwelcome break in routine and expectation of sporty endeavour? Did rapidly given instructions tend to bounce off you? Things like that. 

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  • I think one thing that’s quite common is that early childhood cushions the overwhelm threshold and it’s secondary school where the cracks really begin to show. Nevertheless there probably are some early things you could try to think of. What do you know of how you were as a toddler? Could you sit with one toy for a long time without losing focus? Was learning to write a challenge (pen grip was something I got ‘wrong’ early on and affects me to this day). If it was a sunny day and everyone was ‘treated’ to a special day outside did your stomach turn over at the unwelcome break in routine and expectation of sporty endeavour? Did rapidly given instructions tend to bounce off you? Things like that. 

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