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Not offered assessment for personalised plan

Aven

Hello!!
I was reading through some of the NAS pages for after diagnosis, and one of them (this one: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/diagnosis/after-diagnosis/formal-support-following-an-autism-diagnosis) says that everyone diagnosed with autism should be offered a personalised plan? Am I reading that correctly? If so, I was never offered this...

I have level 1 autism & no learning disability, so I'm not sure if maybe the personalised plan is just for those who need more support for their autism?
Though I do feel like I would find a bit of help very useful.. Like maybe a therapist or someone to just talk to about what im struggling with and be like "Is this an autism thing?", that would be very helpful to me, since I have *really* been struggling to know where to go for support and knowing what support I can get. (All the online things that talk about support are so vague! Like how places should provide "reasonable adjustments".. i dont know what that means for me in practice Sweat smile)

Anyone here know if I am eligible for this personalised plan and whether I might benefit from getting one? And if so, how I can go about getting it?

Thanks!

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  • I've no idea, I've never had one either, I was diagnosed before all the modern diagnostic stuff came out, way back in 2012, I was just told I was autistic, or aspergers as it was then and told that as I'd managed for the previous 50 years, I could keep on managing. There is what calls itself a support group who told me that as I wasn't offered any support at the time I couldn't get any now.

    I think it's a postcode lottery as to what you get and it's all down to what your local authority provide, if anything.

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  • I've no idea, I've never had one either, I was diagnosed before all the modern diagnostic stuff came out, way back in 2012, I was just told I was autistic, or aspergers as it was then and told that as I'd managed for the previous 50 years, I could keep on managing. There is what calls itself a support group who told me that as I wasn't offered any support at the time I couldn't get any now.

    I think it's a postcode lottery as to what you get and it's all down to what your local authority provide, if anything.

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