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Did your doctor pick up on your autism on their own?

Peter

We are so used to the standard story for adult diagnosis. guy figures out he’s probably autistic then spend ages trying to persuade his doctor to refer him.

when I saw this clip (https://youtu.be/YVJD2G3JITU) I realised hey really it should be the  other way around. Our doctors shouldn’t need us to prompt them for them to pick up on our autism. After all they’re the experts.

so my question is, how many of you had a health professional bring up autism as a possible  diagnosis before you did?

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  • I had to approach my GP with the idea, but was able to add that a friend had gently raised the possibility and it wasn't entirely coming from me. He chatted with me for ten minutes, choosing some subjects from a list, and afterwards said he believed there was grounds for an assessment. Then the 4 year waiting list was made known to me so I went private. 

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  • I had to approach my GP with the idea, but was able to add that a friend had gently raised the possibility and it wasn't entirely coming from me. He chatted with me for ten minutes, choosing some subjects from a list, and afterwards said he believed there was grounds for an assessment. Then the 4 year waiting list was made known to me so I went private. 

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