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Getting a diagnosis

Orangegnome

Hi I just want to ask a question about getting a diagnosis as an adult. I am considering applying to be assessed, but at the age of 50 I am not sure what value I will get from this. I can read all the A.S.D.  self help books on how to be kind to myself and cope with the world better and gain a lot from that. But I wonder what the benefits of having a confirmed diagnosis would be. Can anyone enlighten me on their experience? Pray

Parents

  • Everyone who has replied to my initial question has helped me come to the decision to go for it. I have applied through my gp and already answered many questions on the GP acceptance form. I am now worried if I have answered the questions well enough to be accepted. Also did the AQ 10 (?) and scored 9. Just need to wait now. Even this is a big thing for me and I feel anxious. 

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  • Everyone who has replied to my initial question has helped me come to the decision to go for it. I have applied through my gp and already answered many questions on the GP acceptance form. I am now worried if I have answered the questions well enough to be accepted. Also did the AQ 10 (?) and scored 9. Just need to wait now. Even this is a big thing for me and I feel anxious. 

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  • in reply to Orangegnome

    I hope it all goes well, unfortunately anxiety seems to follow autistic people everywhere. Just a thought, if you do get referred, the waiting time is normally about 3 years, it does vary. If you want to, ask for Right to Choose, it will shorten the wait to hopefully months.

    www.autism.org.uk/.../how-to-request-an-autism-assessment

  • in reply to Orangegnome

    Try the AQ version with 50 questions.

    The 10 question one is like a simple pre-screening test, I think 6 or higher is the target The 50 question one is the main one, 32 or higher has clinical significance. If you score highly on that there shouldn't be much argument. It is quite reliable and has high correlation.

    The time they suggest to do the questionnaires seems too short. It took me 2-3 times as long as I always spend ages thinking about what the question really means. I also did them multiple times and made sure I had examples to back up each answer (but that was just me being obsessive, you don't need to do this).

    If you like doing them, the EQ helps as does the RAADS-R and the masking one.