Autism Being over diagnosed?

I do wonder about some of the private places that charge 40% of others. The requirements seem clear, so you would think they would take roughly the same time and cost similar. I do wonder if they are all quite so thorough.

I asked my consultant psychologist and she also does not know and has suspicions..

I'm not sure all are accredited the same, which suggests some maybe tell you what you want to hear.

But I can't really see why you would want to get a diagnosis for the sake of it, unless some see it as a way to get benefits. But this does not fit with wealthy people doing it for fun.

I do wonder about some of the private places that charge 40% of others. The requirements seem clear, so you would think they would take roughly the same time and cost similar. I do wonder if they are all quite so thorough.

I asked my consultant psychologist and she also does not know and has suspicions..

I'm not sure all are accredited the same, which suggests some maybe tell you what you want to hear.

But I can't really see why you would want to get a diagnosis for the sake of it, unless some see it as a way to get benefits. But this does not fit with wealthy people doing it for fun.

I thought the same, I don’t see how a person can be fully observed on a computer screen, my assessment was with two people, a language specialist and an autism specialist, as well as being interviewed, they watched what my hands and legs were doing, if and how I stimmed, it was noticed that I don’t use my hands to accentuate when talking.

I was the appointment for the two assessors for that day, it’s not a big team but it  covers two counties, my private opinion locally is £2500 and follows a similar diagnostic procedure , I don’t see how some charging under £1000 are as thorough. The NHS can’t obviously keep up with demand, the private sector is needed, I do wonder though if some are trying to see more people in order to make more money.

A lot of the rise in diagnosis is due to generations of people who are now realising they are autistic, they never had a chance to be heard.

The Doctor in the article is suggesting we go back to the DSM-4, only people with severe needs would be diagnosed autistic. I don’t find autism trendy, sometimes it’s quite horrible, it’s not trendy to be nine times more likely to end your own life.

People are diagnosed blind who aren’t 100% blind, we know that with impaired vision they will still need support, we wouldn’t remove support because a rethink has decided, they aren’t blind enough.