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Not autistic diagnosis

notthatmuchautistic

Hello,

This morning I have my diagnosis from NHS. they told me that while I have autistic traits and they understand why I would pursuit an assessment, I didn't  make the criteria for a diagnosis, they mention specially my empathy and my facial expressions, that are normal.

I don't  know how to feel. I have a child with autism and our similarities was what made me search for an evaluation.

At the moment, I have some accommodations at my job that are in place under the premise that I am undergoing the process of autism diagnosis. Those adaptations have made my life much easier  and I don't  want to cry every day when I am going to my job (like before).

I am guessing  that once my job knows that I don't  have autism I am losing  that help and I don't  know what to do.

I don't  want to be the kind of person that take advantage  of the system and have benefits  that doesn't  need, but I do struggle and now I don't know what to do next.

I hope this post doesn't  offend people with autism, I know this forum  is for the autistic community and I am not sure if I should  post.

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  • I am disappointed that your empathy was highlighted. I think it would be fair to say there is a widespread agreement within the autistic community that we are in fact *extremely* empathetic and that the deficit, if there is one, is in how we *express* that empathy.

    Do you need to tell your employer the result of your assessment?

    I was given a shortened version of my assessment report to provide to employers, but my employer has never asked to see it - they have taken it on faith.

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    Thank you for your answer. My employer  gave me the day off to go for the results so I imagine that they will expect that I tell them something  tomorrow and I don't  think is fair for people that are really autistic that I pretend  to be it. I would not do that.

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