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Waiting time between Diagnostic Assessments

McG

Hello all,

It's been a long time since I have been on NAS.

I finally had an ASD assessment, only took 3 years nearly.

I was wondering if anyone else has experienced a gab between assessments and is this normal.

The reason being, I have recently had one assessment and was then told I had to wait approx 4-5 weeks for the 2nd, I was not given any clear indication as to why and I wasn't going to ask 'Why the gab'.

This has subsequently put me in a slight tail spin as I am doubting myself and the way I approached the assessment, wondering why its going to take so long.

Thanks all for your help and guidance. Its good to be back btw!

Parents

  • Hi. I am on the NHS list, having got through the initial stage of forms and an interview. When my son had his assessment he went on one occasion for the final assessment with an observer also. We were able to watch through a one way window.

    I am interested in what the two different interviews involve and if this is the usual practice for adults.

  • in reply to Homebird

    Hi, my NHS assessment was in two parts, both were done in the same day, the morning was an ADOS-2 module 4 assessment. It involved the dreaded frog book and then  a bag of different objects, I was asked to pick 4 and make up a short story using them. 
    The ADI-R wasn’t used as I had no childhood informant. The afternoon was informal questions about what I struggle with, apparently they had to use ‘cliffhanger’ questions as I only showed interest if the subject was something I was interested in. 
    I was very nervous before going into the interview, they made me feel very settled. One person mainly spoke and another was observing me. My wife sat-in on the end of the second part. 

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  • in reply to Homebird

    Hi, my NHS assessment was in two parts, both were done in the same day, the morning was an ADOS-2 module 4 assessment. It involved the dreaded frog book and then  a bag of different objects, I was asked to pick 4 and make up a short story using them. 
    The ADI-R wasn’t used as I had no childhood informant. The afternoon was informal questions about what I struggle with, apparently they had to use ‘cliffhanger’ questions as I only showed interest if the subject was something I was interested in. 
    I was very nervous before going into the interview, they made me feel very settled. One person mainly spoke and another was observing me. My wife sat-in on the end of the second part. 

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