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Been told no diagnosis without an informant

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Hi,

I posted before about getting an autism assessment as an older adult. I have had the initial consultation, but I am now stuck. They basically advised that, without an informant, it is very unlikely I will get any diagnosis, so they advise only proceeding with an informant. I have no relatives to act as informant, and as I have moved regularly, I also don't have a friendship where I've lived with someone or overlapped with them enough that they'd be capable of doing this. I actually don't know how to proceed, other than not to proceed. Any advice?

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  • in reply to Stuart333

    No with a private clinic and at the initial assessment they said there were enough markers to proceed, but now say that it is very unlikely that an assessment can do anything without an informant. As noted above, I’m in the same boat as everyone else now, I haven’t had any one-to-one GP appointments except for essentials since pre-pandemic!

  • in reply to Stuart333

    I second this question. If it was your GP I'd probably go ahead and then explain you don't have an informant. Plenty of people including myself get diagnosed without one. If it was the service you were referred to to get diagnosed, I'd look into raising a complaint. You shouldn't be denied a diagnosis because you don't have someone to support you.