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Been told no diagnosis without an informant

Seahorses

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?

Parents

  • Write to your MP and Wes Streeting the health minister, and whoever is responsible if you live in a devolved region.

    BBC news and Newsnight under the aegis of Your BBC do stuff on people having problems such as this and will ask on your behalf why as an adult you can't have a diagnosis.

    I wouldn't have been able to be diagnosed either, I was lucky and didn't have to provide any informants.

    I think this is something NAS should be agitating about too.

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  • Write to your MP and Wes Streeting the health minister, and whoever is responsible if you live in a devolved region.

    BBC news and Newsnight under the aegis of Your BBC do stuff on people having problems such as this and will ask on your behalf why as an adult you can't have a diagnosis.

    I wouldn't have been able to be diagnosed either, I was lucky and didn't have to provide any informants.

    I think this is something NAS should be agitating about too.

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