Published on 12, July, 2020
Harley Psychiatrists (one of the clinics investigated) did my online ASD assessment via the NHS.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65534448
Dawn said:Don't let it doubt your ASC status if you feel comfortable that it's right. Doubt only if you don't feel it genuinely fits. That said, I'd have doubts about an assessment that took no more than an hour. Mine was a full day, following the submission of a big fat bundle of old school reports, questionnaires from my mother, my one questionnaires, old dyslexia diagnoses and MH correspondence. They need all that to be confident in making a diagnosis in many cases.
Don't let it doubt your ASC status if you feel comfortable that it's right. Doubt only if you don't feel it genuinely fits.
That said, I'd have doubts about an assessment that took no more than an hour. Mine was a full day, following the submission of a big fat bundle of old school reports, questionnaires from my mother, my one questionnaires, old dyslexia diagnoses and MH correspondence.
They need all that to be confident in making a diagnosis in many cases.
Hi Dawn.
I'd appreciate it if you could explain what type of cases require all the documentation you speak of above (+ a whole day assessment).
My assessment consisted of the RAADS questionnaire + some others + 2 one hour online interviews so I'm doubting now from what you say and obviously from this documentary, that these were sufficient to make a reliable diagnosis.
Thank you.
Just a thought but if you happened to have a less experienced phsyciatrist or one that had only seen a narrow range of autistic expression up until that point in their career they might need to do more tests, and a longer assessment just to be sure. Speed could just as likely be indicative of a seasoned professional that just knew what they were looking at in you and didn't feel like inconveniencing you with more hoop jumping when they were already really confident about the results regardless.
This is a really good point- one of the people who did my assessment said that she knew fairly on in the in-person session that I was autistic. If they really know what they're looking for then they'll find it easily when it's there.