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initial assessment

buffy

Hi, I am a 42 year old female and I have just had an initial assessment. I have been told that I am going to be forwarded for the full assessment as the initial findings suggest I may have high functioning autism, OCD and sensory issues. I'm not sure how I feel about all this or even what any of it is going to mean for me. My friends have reacted with a mixture of "well, I thought that all along anyway" while others seemed uncertain of what to say, like they're shocked and they think it's bad news. As a person who takes cues from other people's reactions and behaviours, this has left me feeling quite anxious and I don't know which way to turn, emotionally. Is this a bad thing? Some people's reactions suggest it is. My parents also reacted in a negative way. I thought "going down the path" for a diagnosis would help me understand who I was, but now I just feel confused and anxious. Is this normal?

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  • Thankyou for your kind compliments, I'm very flattered.  I've often wished that I could express myself verbally quite so eloquently!

    I confess, the way that you describe how much your son inspires you brought me to tears - that is just so wonderful to hear, and you express it beautifully.  As a non-parent, I have been stunned to find that some of the best advice I've ever heard about autism on various forums has come from some of the children who post there.  Us "grown ups" can be so blinkered and cynical sometimes, it's a real breath of fresh air!

    "Oh, it's just your autism".  Yes, indeed - even though I've known my diagnosis only a couple of months, and had it suggested only a year ago, I'm already starting to become familiar with people jumping to the conclusion that autism explains absolutely everything that I do - as if we couldn't possibly have both autism AND a personality (how greedy of us! ;-) ).

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  • Thankyou for your kind compliments, I'm very flattered.  I've often wished that I could express myself verbally quite so eloquently!

    I confess, the way that you describe how much your son inspires you brought me to tears - that is just so wonderful to hear, and you express it beautifully.  As a non-parent, I have been stunned to find that some of the best advice I've ever heard about autism on various forums has come from some of the children who post there.  Us "grown ups" can be so blinkered and cynical sometimes, it's a real breath of fresh air!

    "Oh, it's just your autism".  Yes, indeed - even though I've known my diagnosis only a couple of months, and had it suggested only a year ago, I'm already starting to become familiar with people jumping to the conclusion that autism explains absolutely everything that I do - as if we couldn't possibly have both autism AND a personality (how greedy of us! ;-) ).

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