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How does a diagnostic procedure for adult autism go?

littlemoss

I am just trying to get a diagnosis on whether or not I have autism at 28 years old.

I already have a diagnosis on OCD and DPDR, for at least 8 years now. Many traits however also strongly suggest autism, and my family would be hopefully more understandig with my "quirks" if I had that stamped paper from a professional and all.

Since my therapist couldn't really help me out yet, I would like to ask here: how exactly an adult autism diagnostic procedure goes?

Do I take tests, or need to have therapy sessions with an expert? How long it usually takes to get a diagnosis? What to expect?

Thanks in advance <3

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  • I can only speak to my own private assessment (the GP put me on the NHS list but it turned out to be a four year waiting list in my area).

    Mine consisted of three sessions and a written questionaire - the first sesion with a male assessor, the second with a female assessor. Both in person. The third was over the phone with the female assessor, and about a week after those first two - it  allowed me time ahead of the call to think of other areas I wanted to bring up, and she had questions mostly related to my early years etc.  About an hour and a half of conversation in each of the three.

    So each session  had a slightly different remits. In a way what they do depends on a certain amount of sleight of hand - if you know to much going inn you might be too aware of that, instead of just going with the generalities (though to some extent, like any conversation, that's unavoidable anyway - you're just in the reflexive mode you'd go into in any somewhat formal and slightly stressy question and answer session) so maybe I shouldn't detail what unfolded in the second session in particular. Nothing so out of left field that it's worth worrying about, but still probably best to not list or flag up what they retrospectively revealed to have been looking for via those 'exercises'.

  • in reply to Shardovan

    Thank you, it already helped me a lot that I see who can I turn to, to know there are both tests and in-person sessions. Now there is information I can rely on when looking for possibilities in my own area Slight smile

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