Published on 12, July, 2020
This morning I sent off the additional questions I was required to fill in, to support my autism assessment form, that was sent off a few weeks ago. Waiting with bated breath now, to see if they will assess me. But I'm relieved that they've gone off.
I got to see today what my mental health practitioner had written about me. There were things in there that I wasn't aware of. Things she obviously had observed about me. Surprising, I'm okay with it, although a little shocked. She says all my paperwork screams autism. So fingers crossed.
I'm trying to stay positive.
Hi Justbe
Hopefully your assessment will go ahead very soon. Is this an NHS one? I'm so impatient I didn't go down that route and paid for a private assessment. I think during the wait time I would have driven myself nuts with imposter syndrome!
Keep us updated :)
Inula
Hi Inula,
Thanks for your message. Yes it's an NHS one. I have to wait and see if they will accept me first.
If they do, I've been told the wait time is around 2 years. Going private is an option, the wait time would be a couple of months or so, and around £2,000.
But to be honest I need to get my head this. I'm 53 years old, and I only discovered just over a month ago that I'm Autistic. Whilst being very liberating, i'm processing more than half a century oftuff. I'm trying to work out who I really am, and what kind of future I'd like.