Really need help please

Hi all

i am currently going through my asd I have had my first via video with psychologist my second is very soon face to face

my issue is the next assessment is with an slt but I don’t have any slt issues so not sure why I am being assessed by them, I would rather a psychiatrist assess me as I wanted the asd due to mental health issues

can anyone advise what I should do

thanks

  • Thank you A

  • If you mention these things to the SLT, they should make their way into the final report.

  • Thank you A, I’ve already had my psychologist but feel I didn’t express myself as I should have, I just wanted the assessment over so didn’t tell him about my sensory to noise, I also don’t talk much to anyone 

  • The ADOS is a standard part of the autism assessment. You can google the content but they’re basically assessing your communications, body language eye contact etc. 

    They also observe things like fidgeting, how you look etc.

    It’s a standard part of the assessment but not the whole assessment. The rest of mine was done by a clinical psychologist.

  • Many thanks for the replies,

    yes the speech and language therapist, the thing is I don’t have any speech or language issues, my problems are sensory, when neighbours bang, shout play their tv to loud i get distressed and self harm

    inwould rather have had a psychiatrist assess me 

    how did your assessment with the slt go out of interest ?

  • If SLT means Speech and language therapist, then I had an assessment with them too, for my diagnosis 

  • My assessment had three different components. One of these was the standard ADOS test, which is usually administered by a SLT