Published on 12, July, 2020
Hey all,
Firstly, thanks for this forum and your participation, its brought me much comfort over the past few weeks. I’ve been on a journey for a couple of years, reading and exploring if I might be Autistic, and because of this forum and the positive examples many of you set, I felt confident to go ahead with an assessment. Thank you.
Secondly, I wanted to share my experience with Psychiatry UK for an ASC diagnosis. Timeline as follows:
8 Nov 2023 - Created an account and paid for a private ASC assessment
9 Nov 2023 - Received Self and Informant questionnaires and AQ-50 to complete.
15 Nov 2023 - Returned completed questionnaires and AQ-50
24 Nov 2023 - Assessment completed and diagnosed as Autistic.
Other than a couple of false starts on scheduling appointments between the 15th and 24th Nov and consultants not being available, the process was smooth and the team at Psychiatry UK were kind and caring throughout.
paid for private is absolutely the key to that.paying customers are never kept waiting as they have to be satisfied, a person going free they can push back all the time because they dont respect free customers/freeloaders as they are not paying.this is sorta a strength of a private system.... in anything the nhs does, even if you have a heart attack, you will be left waiting without care for years... in a private american paid system, you get seen to instantly because they have to keep you the customer happy to keep your custom. this is whats wrong with the free services we get, they dont respect us because we dont pay them.