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Letter of complaint

Hope

 

Today I sent off a letter of complaint to my local Community Mental Health Team, and it was a great relief to get it off my chest.

In the letter I wrote that, maybe I am naive, but I assumed that the Autism Act 2009 meant that I would gain access to therapy tailored to my needs; that anxiety, it seems, is given short shrift because it is not considered an 'illness' in the same way that depression is - I can get out of bed, no matter that I suffer chronically 24/7. This is the essence of what I wrote, and I requested therapy from  someone who is autism aware, and that the therapy should last longer than the standard 6 weeks.

The letter was addressed to the head of the mental health team.

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  • That might actually work to your advantage. When I sought a diagnosis nearly ten years ago my GP referred me to a pschologist (on the grounds - I was later shown the letter - that autism is a condition in children that they grow out of, so I must be delusional).

    I contacted the local diagnostic team who had previously directed me to go to my GP first, and they said it often happens like that. The therapist may well pick up there is more to it. In my case the diagnostic centre overruled the decision and I was seen by the diagnostician for autism.

    My GP refused to accept the outcome and would never discuss it. A year later, when I asked if he had received my diagnosis, he joked, I guess..."asperger's.....is that a new kind of vegetable" and changed the subject.

    Trouble is GPs haven't improved all that much since.

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  • That might actually work to your advantage. When I sought a diagnosis nearly ten years ago my GP referred me to a pschologist (on the grounds - I was later shown the letter - that autism is a condition in children that they grow out of, so I must be delusional).

    I contacted the local diagnostic team who had previously directed me to go to my GP first, and they said it often happens like that. The therapist may well pick up there is more to it. In my case the diagnostic centre overruled the decision and I was seen by the diagnostician for autism.

    My GP refused to accept the outcome and would never discuss it. A year later, when I asked if he had received my diagnosis, he joked, I guess..."asperger's.....is that a new kind of vegetable" and changed the subject.

    Trouble is GPs haven't improved all that much since.

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