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Do you think it is wrong for someone to say they are autistic when they aren't diagnosed?

Heather85

Do you think it is wrong for someone to say they are autistic when they aren't diagnosed?

I don't want to cause any arguments on here just wanted people's honest opinions because I am not diagnosed myself and not sure i want to go down the assessment route and feel at present that I would only be doing so for other people's benefit to prove I am and not my own.

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  • Thank you for all the responses, I really wasn't expecting so many.

    I'm really going through alot at the moment realisation and burnout, was a bad day yesterday and later on after posting this thread i actually phoned my GP and I've got an appointment 21st September to discuss/referral for autism. I know it's a complete U turn on what I posted yesterday but I'm not coping and my life has been very restricted for over half my life and the social aspects all my life.

    I do agree with what others have said about people who see it as a trend thing to say that they are autistic, I feel alot of celebrities and social media influences do this. I also have OCD (diagnosed) and I hate too when people say over a little bit of cleaning that they have it.

  • in reply to Heather85

    I wasn't going to go through the process until I went through burnout. Although I am still on the long waiting list for the final assessment, my initial one suggested enough evidence to go  on the waiting list. At my request the mental health services arranged a letter to explain which meant that my work treated me under the disability act and I now have some reasonable adjustments in place. 

    In relation to NHS at the moment I just mention it and hope this will help.

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  • in reply to Heather85

    I wasn't going to go through the process until I went through burnout. Although I am still on the long waiting list for the final assessment, my initial one suggested enough evidence to go  on the waiting list. At my request the mental health services arranged a letter to explain which meant that my work treated me under the disability act and I now have some reasonable adjustments in place. 

    In relation to NHS at the moment I just mention it and hope this will help.

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