Published on 12, July, 2020
I have waited over 4 years for an NHS Autism diagnosis.I was emailed 9 documents to fill out and email back.6 were PDF image files and 3 were Word documents.I was upset by the fact that the PDFs were not in a format that could be easily filled out.They were poor quality scans, quite grainy so I could not do OCR.It made me loose confidence in the competence of the Assessor and doubt that she understood Autism.I am wondering if I am being oversensitive.They previously sent me other forms in the post to fill out and return with a SAE.If I had to email people out these forms I would have created them as Word document with boxes that could be easily filled out.I have managed to find out how to add Xs to the boxes.
Woodrose said:I was upset by the fact that the PDFs were not in a format that could be easily filled out.They were poor quality scans, quite grainy so I could not do OCR.
The conventional solution is to print them, write in the answers then photograph or scan them in to send back.
Woodrose said:If I had to email people out these forms I would have created them as Word document with boxes that could be easily filled out.
A lot of people setting this stuff up are very old school and don't really go in for the technology that most of us know is available - their speciality is psychology and not technology.
Don't let it get to you - just use a printer, post the stuff back and don't let it add to your anxiety.
Sometimes it can be like a virtual escape room - you need to find creative solutions to get to the end.
Thank you, your reply was helpful.