I'm not new at all, over 11k points for activity in this forum through last 2,5 years. Today was my last assessment date and I received diagnoses: autism, synaesthesia, cptsd. It was an interview ACIA for adults. The lady spoke to my husband on the phone for few minutes. She was not particularly interested with my documentation, at some point I even started showing her without her asking for it. I was kind of frustrated that she was not interested with the records I collected. But then I gave up. She said, my account is the most important and she loved the photos of my creativity and my rich inner world. It was like a friendly conversation and my experience there was very positive. I asked her several times if she is sure, that it's autism, maybe something else. She confirmed each time, that there is no better explanation to my experience. I didn't try to mask, or unmask, I didn't try to explain everything best. I was just myself, entered the room, took off my jacket, took out my file and waited for the assessor to speak first.
