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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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  • Firstly, welcome and you'll always be welcome if you feel you fit in.

    It seems to me that there is no standard for assessment. I have high empathy - possibly *too* high empathy! I can do nice smiles, frowns etc almost as 'normal'. It's masking for me and I'm very good at it. But I am knackered afterwards.

    Possibly if you choose not to take this any further, and as you say you don't require benefits etc, then maybe you can just work out all the accommodations and change of lifestyle that helps you anyway. I'm sorry about the job situation and potential loss of accommodations. I hope that others have good advice for this aspect.

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  • Firstly, welcome and you'll always be welcome if you feel you fit in.

    It seems to me that there is no standard for assessment. I have high empathy - possibly *too* high empathy! I can do nice smiles, frowns etc almost as 'normal'. It's masking for me and I'm very good at it. But I am knackered afterwards.

    Possibly if you choose not to take this any further, and as you say you don't require benefits etc, then maybe you can just work out all the accommodations and change of lifestyle that helps you anyway. I'm sorry about the job situation and potential loss of accommodations. I hope that others have good advice for this aspect.

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