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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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  • My private diagnosis is having a different procedure. No testing, but I had a long interview as a pre-diagnostic, for which i chose to submit some notes on various topics which she said we would cover. That could be as short as 2 hours or as long as 5 hours, possibly longer I don't know. She reckons I am autistic so has put me forward for the formal diagnosis, which will be a much shorter interview with a psychiatrist. The wait time was 3 weeks from contact and making an appointment to the pre-diagnostic, then a few weeks until the formal diagnosis but can be as short as a week, but he is on holiday at the moment.

    With the NHS the wait times are years, which is one reason I went private for this. This is the link for where I am getting mine from if you are interested, several of us have used this service and I would recommend it:

    https://www.shropshireautonomy.co.uk/autonomyplus/pre-diagnostic

    Edit to add this was by video chat.

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  • My private diagnosis is having a different procedure. No testing, but I had a long interview as a pre-diagnostic, for which i chose to submit some notes on various topics which she said we would cover. That could be as short as 2 hours or as long as 5 hours, possibly longer I don't know. She reckons I am autistic so has put me forward for the formal diagnosis, which will be a much shorter interview with a psychiatrist. The wait time was 3 weeks from contact and making an appointment to the pre-diagnostic, then a few weeks until the formal diagnosis but can be as short as a week, but he is on holiday at the moment.

    With the NHS the wait times are years, which is one reason I went private for this. This is the link for where I am getting mine from if you are interested, several of us have used this service and I would recommend it:

    https://www.shropshireautonomy.co.uk/autonomyplus/pre-diagnostic

    Edit to add this was by video chat.

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