Hello,
I have been on here before, but in the past i was told i had not much hope at all
of getting an assessment due to being in Dumfries and Galloway (the only region
in Scotland that doesn't do its own adults assessment service for autism) However,
now i have been told that i have been considered to qualify for being assessed and
reffered to another region (possibly Glasgow, but i don't know). I've had a brief assessment
by the mental health specialist who will be doing the assessment, along with others, a couple
of years ago, but due to my memory problems i can't remember much about it!!!!! My initial
thoughts were to write down everything that i could think of that i struggled with on a piece
of paper - as i know that there will be a time limit for this initial assessment and you can
never fit everything into an appointment! I'm really good a forgetting things due to being on
lots of medication for epilepsy and am finding it equally difficult trying to explain neuro things
to people who don't struggle with neuro difficulties. Any advice on how to prepare for an
assessment would be welcome. How long I will have to wait to hear whether my case will be
successful enough to be referred to another region i don't know. I hope it is, because i feel
that it means that it will give hope for other people. But as always with the NHS it is a case
of just waiting. Many thanks, K
