Assessment next week

My NHS assessment last year took a whole day with breaks.  Most of it consisted of the guy working through a thick 'workbook' of questions.  By the end of the day I'd also done some more practical tests.  I can remember being asked to narrate my own story as I worked through a picture book with no words, to describe a very detailed picture and was also to do just what I wanted to do with a load of items put down in front of me.  Some time later he spoke with my brother and sister about what I was like when I was younger.  Six weeks later I met him again and he gave me the diagnosis with a long, detailed peer reviewed report and a one page report for my employer, etc.

The part with the picture book and the objects on the table is called the ADOS test, you can google it.

I found it quite strange (but not unpleasant). In retrospect my performance in this part of the assessment probably left them in no doubt I am autistic.

The part with the picture book and the objects on the table is called the ADOS test, you can google it.

I found it quite strange (but not unpleasant). In retrospect my performance in this part of the assessment probably left them in no doubt I am autistic.