To all who have been, or are in the process of, being diagnosed as an adult.

I consulted several colleagues with expertise, I then asked the local diagnosis centre what I should do. They said I needed a referral by my GP.

I sent a letter to my GP explaining why I thought I had aspergers and asking for a diagnosis, giving the contact details suggested by the diagnosis centre. My GP did not discuss this with me but referred me to a psychologist.

I told the diagnosis centre and they managed to bypass the psychologist, though it was four or five months before I got an assessment.

At the assessment I was shown my GP's letter to the psychologist - it said that as aspergers was a childhood condition that they grow out of I was possibly delusional.

After diagnosis it took 6 months to get it in writing. I asked my GP if he had received this. He made a joke about it being a new kind of vegetable, and refused to discuss it further.

I was given six follow up sessions with a councillor. At the end they wrote to my GP asking if I needed more counselling session. He sent a letter, without asking me or even telling me, saying I no longer needed any help. He has never spoken about it or given me the opportunity to speak about it.

I have tried to get my GP to put leaflets on autism and aspergers on display in the surgery but he wont. Autism might as well not exist.

I do wonder what happens to any other adults in my area seeking a referral from that GP. Evidently the BMC is happy that that is professional conduct.

I consulted several colleagues with expertise, I then asked the local diagnosis centre what I should do. They said I needed a referral by my GP.

I sent a letter to my GP explaining why I thought I had aspergers and asking for a diagnosis, giving the contact details suggested by the diagnosis centre. My GP did not discuss this with me but referred me to a psychologist.

I told the diagnosis centre and they managed to bypass the psychologist, though it was four or five months before I got an assessment.

At the assessment I was shown my GP's letter to the psychologist - it said that as aspergers was a childhood condition that they grow out of I was possibly delusional.

After diagnosis it took 6 months to get it in writing. I asked my GP if he had received this. He made a joke about it being a new kind of vegetable, and refused to discuss it further.

I was given six follow up sessions with a councillor. At the end they wrote to my GP asking if I needed more counselling session. He sent a letter, without asking me or even telling me, saying I no longer needed any help. He has never spoken about it or given me the opportunity to speak about it.

I have tried to get my GP to put leaflets on autism and aspergers on display in the surgery but he wont. Autism might as well not exist.

I do wonder what happens to any other adults in my area seeking a referral from that GP. Evidently the BMC is happy that that is professional conduct.