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Early life info - no informants

AnnieBo

I am trying to compile some information from my childhood for my autism assessment in 2 months but i don't have anyone to give early life info.

I've seen that some people have been able to use their own recollections so i'm wondering what sort of things/memories are useful to highlight. Someone else wrote this so I'm going to use it as a starting point "Sit down and write about your childhood.  Anything and everything you can think of.  Write it all down.  How school was for you, did you have any issues at school, did you have any issues in childhood.  Anything and everything from the first memory you have until present day.  All the difficulties you have.  things you are good at, things you are bad at.  This can be used as evidence." (apologies that i did not note down the author).

I also have lots of rather unremarkable reports from age 11 - 15. Should i just send the lot of point out bits (although i don't know what is relevant!)

Parents

  • This seems to be a recurring problem as therre have been a few treads like this one over the last few months.

    I think there need to be a recognition that when diagnosing adults there may well be no one who remembers or can be trusted to remember and that things like school reports can get lost during decades of house moves etc.

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  • This seems to be a recurring problem as therre have been a few treads like this one over the last few months.

    I think there need to be a recognition that when diagnosing adults there may well be no one who remembers or can be trusted to remember and that things like school reports can get lost during decades of house moves etc.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    In my case it was recognised that an adult may not have someone who knew them well as a child. The assessment allows for that and at no stage was I asked to make out a list or provide a written record of my childhood. 

    Perhaps some private assessors haven’t been fully trained in adult autism assessment.  The NHS in Northern Ireland and many private assessors, including my private assessor, have clarified that not having a person who knew you in childhood is not a barrier to an adult diagnosis.