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Worried about GP appointment

Emmie

Hiya, I’ve made an appointment with my GP to ask for a referral to an adult autism assessment service. However I have tried this one before - but my GP told me that there were no adult autism services to refer me to, and I was instead referred to Talk Together services for anxiety and depression and I ended up receiving CBT. I’m not great at speaking up for myself nor do I feel I have any expertise especially considering that services vary by area. If the GP says there are no services then there are no services - but there must be something, otherwise I’d have to get a private assessment, which isn’t ideal for me. 

My appointment is today and I’m so worried I will be turned away or redirected. I really just want some answers and long term solutions. I need a specialist to talk to even if it isn’t autism but I just feel that my GP won’t be supportive. When I look up the services I might be referred to I can’t find anything, so I don’t even think I could counter them if they say there are no services because I have no idea who that should be referring me to.

Anyone had this issue before or knows more about the services I’d be referred to? I’m in the south east London/Kent area, if that helps. Thank you!

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  • The NAS articles include links to some screening questionnaires that you might like to complete, to help get a better idea of whether your suspicions might be correct and to support your request for an assessment. However, you might prefer to use the website below for this.

    It includes some very useful commentary for each questionnaire, and enables them to be completed online (with scores calculated for you), saved as PDFs and printed off to take with you to the GP, if you have time before your appointment today.

    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

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  • The NAS articles include links to some screening questionnaires that you might like to complete, to help get a better idea of whether your suspicions might be correct and to support your request for an assessment. However, you might prefer to use the website below for this.

    It includes some very useful commentary for each questionnaire, and enables them to be completed online (with scores calculated for you), saved as PDFs and printed off to take with you to the GP, if you have time before your appointment today.

    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

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