Re diagnosis or Removal

army requires access to medical files, therefore its disclosed either way unfortunately.

As you write that Autism doesn't affect you, then you would not require any reasonable adjustments, so there should be no reason why you should ever need to disclose it to your employer(s).

Even if it were a problem, you could have a doctor write a report on what adjustments you need and that report does not have to disclose the underlying reason. In that case, the employer might refer you to their own doctor to confirm the need for adjustments and that doctor cannot reveal the underlying reason either without your permission.

 Expecto_Patronum is absolutely right. It’s entirely up to you whether or not to disclose your autism diagnosis - and that applies at any stage of the process of applying for, getting, and working in a job. 

This article explain some of the pros and cons, and might be helpful:

NAS - Deciding whether to tell employers you are autistic

You'd need to get a second opinion from a psychiatrist. This may be done in your local NHS service, or they may have to refer to to a different service elsewhere.

There is no legal entitlement to a second opinion, but NHS guidance says you should generally always be able to have one, as does GMC guidance. My local NHS mental health service actually has a written policy on second opinions, which practically guarantees your right to one. You may want to check the websites for your local NHS services to see if such a policy exists.

This page from the Patients Association is worth a read: https://www.patients-association.org.uk/getting-a-second-opinion

Note that it may not be possible to completely remove the old diagnosis from your records. Unless you could show that the old one was completely wrong (possibly through negligence), and not just a difference of opinion. This is because the medical record is a historical record and the original doctor still saw you, and made a diagnosis. This happened, and the past cannot be changed. However any new diagnosis should certainly supersede any old diagnosis.

Best place to start would be to see a GP and tell them you want a second opinion.

If you want to consider seeing someone private, I'd be interested to see how that goes, as there are a lot of clinics which specialise in diagnosing autism, but none that specialise in un-diagnosing it!

Good luck, and please let us know how you get on. I would actually like a second opinion on my Aspergers Syndrome diagnosis, as whether I have AS or not, I have suffered far more from the diagnosis itself and subsequent depression. If it turns out I do have Aspergers, then fine. But I'm not satisfied that I ever had anything wrong with me in the first place. I finally registered with a GP a few months ago, but haven't got round to making an appointment yet.

You don't have to disclose it to jobs. You don't have to undiagnose yourself for that. Just don't disclose it next time you apply formal job.

Headache to deal with for jobs. it'd be easier just to undiagnose to go through less of a hassle with such things.

the traits i show affect my life in no negative way and are easily hidden at this point, so yes i'd agree with sub-clinical.

Can I ask how having the diagnosis hinders your life?

pseudonym said:

I feel it no longer applies

So you reckon you're "sub-clinical", then? Maybe that could be your argument: it doesn't affect your ability to function in normal society. You can have lots of traits in common with Autistic people and not be Autistic.

I feel it no longer applies and i receive no benefit from having the diagnosis, so i'd rather take it off from my medical record

Do you think you were misdiagnosed then?

Do you feel a private provider would be more willing to overturn your diagnosis purely because you're paying for thier time and expertise?

Frankly, you providing this document is more than enough help, i can work with this from here to see if they can amend it. Much appreciated!

pseudonym said:

I'm looking for my diagnosis to be redone or completely removed from my record

You can try to do this but the fact it seems factually correct is likely to make it unlikely you can achieve this. There is an article on how to do it here:

https://transform.england.nhs.uk/information-governance/guidance/amending-patient-and-service-user-records/

Sometimes, you may disagree with information written in your record, but the information could still be factually correct. For example, you may disagree with a diagnosis you were given in the past. Whilst you can still ask the organisation to amend the entry that you feel is inaccurate, an organisation should not change it if the health and care professional believes it is factually correct.

Sorry it isn't better news.