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Late assessment - ADIR without an informant who knew me as a child

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Hi,  I've got my assessment through right to choose this week, aged 56.  It's going to be ADOS then ADIR but the only person around who knew me as a kid is my Mum who is nearly 80 and highly unreliable.  I'm taking my husband - but wondered if anyone has had a similar experience of ADIR and know how that's likely to work and whether there's any extra prep I should be doing?  (I've not really seen any discussion of ADIR, let alone for an late assessment like this)

I guess I'm just fretting a bit. The agency is fine with me bringing my husband who I've known for 18 years.  Thing is, we didn't meet until I was 37 and  he's not seen what I'm like without him - and with him I'm happier and less bothered with my social ineptitude than I was (he himself is ASD) - so I'm a wee bit worried that it will give a misleading view of how life, as a whole, has been for me. 

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  • Hi all - update on how it went for those who anyone who might be going through it.  I don't have school reports or photos but I took the advice to think through lifelong examples of issues I've had, so I was able to provide examples which demonstrated issues about struggling in social situations and sensory oddities from nursery school onwards.  I got a straightforward ASD diagnosis and the report noted that I was able to provide examples across my life.  They asked my husband very little - but he provided evidence in the form of laughing out loud in recognition every time they asked me a question which struck him as laughable applicable!!  So, long story short it's possible.  Quick thought though, I noted that some assessment organisations (avaiable through Right to Choose) seemed to place more emphasis on having a witness to one's childhood than others - because of my situation I intentionally chose Clinical Partners because they seemed more chill about it.  Incidentally, I've now told my Mum about the diagnosis, and despite having expected her to say 'well that doesn't sound right'  she said, "well - that makes sense!"  - so there you go.  

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  • Hi all - update on how it went for those who anyone who might be going through it.  I don't have school reports or photos but I took the advice to think through lifelong examples of issues I've had, so I was able to provide examples which demonstrated issues about struggling in social situations and sensory oddities from nursery school onwards.  I got a straightforward ASD diagnosis and the report noted that I was able to provide examples across my life.  They asked my husband very little - but he provided evidence in the form of laughing out loud in recognition every time they asked me a question which struck him as laughable applicable!!  So, long story short it's possible.  Quick thought though, I noted that some assessment organisations (avaiable through Right to Choose) seemed to place more emphasis on having a witness to one's childhood than others - because of my situation I intentionally chose Clinical Partners because they seemed more chill about it.  Incidentally, I've now told my Mum about the diagnosis, and despite having expected her to say 'well that doesn't sound right'  she said, "well - that makes sense!"  - so there you go.  

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