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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?

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  • in reply to Seahorses

    I disagree it is a matter for health ministers and MP's, they regulate how things are done in private clinics as well as NHS ones.

    However if you're doing this privately then my advice would be to go to another provider, why should you pay to be ignored? They don't seem to be taking you or I'd argue other ASC adults seriously, I suspect that quite a few of us don't have any informants and have lost documentation over years of house moves etc. It also assumes that we were given our own school reports etc to keep, I know I wasn't, my parents spirited them away never to be seen again.