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Does an official diagnosis help

GreenGardener

Hi. I have been seeing a therapist for about two and a half years now. We have recently been talking about my possible autism. My therapist has said that although she can't diagnose me, my charatiristics/ things that I struggled with would probably be categorised as autism. I have done research myself  and through speaking with family members, think I am autistic.

Is going through with a proper diagnosis worth the appointment s and stress? I am conflicted, some family members are encouraging me to peruse it, others think it's enough that I know myself and can get help in other ways. 

Did getting a official autism diagnosis help other people?

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  • Hi and welcome to the community! Slight smile

    You might find the information here (which includes perspectives from other autistic people) helpful:

    NAS - Deciding whether to seek an autism assessment

    Whilst that article does include links to some screening questionnaires - which you might like to complete in order to get a better idea of whether your suspicions might be correct - you might prefer to use the website below for this purpose.

    Besides offering a very useful commentary for each questionnaire, the website below also enables them to be completed online (with scores calculated for you), saved as PDFs and - if the results support your suspicions and you do decide to seek a formal diagnosis - printed off to take with you to the GP.

    The AQ-10 or AQ-50 seem to be the most frequently used / required by GPs in support of NHS referrals. RAADS-R might also be helpful, although some recent research has thrown doubt on its validity as a screening tool:

    Embrace Autism - screening tests

    If you do decide to go ahead, then you might find this article helpful as a next step:

    NAS - How to request an autism assessment

  • in reply to Bunny

    Thank you for your reply. 

    I found the screening questions very helpful. My answered indicated that im likely autistic, although I have thought this, my numbers were higher than I expected. 

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