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I still have no report

stranger

In May, I was diagnosed with ASD and was asked if I wanted my report. I said yes. 6 weeks later, I hadn't heard anything and asked for this report. I was given different infromation by different people - I wasn't registered at the GP surgery, they (CMHT) have lost report and was then "I have no idea what you mean".

I was promised a letter and had to phone up again last week for it. My letter? It was just I have ASD and that I am now discharged.

I have asked time and time again for a report I've been promised and have had to get PALS and the branch officer of my local NAS involved.

I have since been told they don't give out reports any more. Is this true? I need my report. I can't sort out my benefits without it and am fed up having to ask my GP to write letters for me to prove that I'm on the spectrum.

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  • At first you said you needed the report because you couldn't sort your benefits out without it. The report has no influence on any benefits, and the benefits assessor is not trained to understand the report. That is a need you don't have.

    Then you said you wanted to know what was said about you, which is a want that you do have. I understand that very much.

    I find in my situation I hear too much talk about "what benefits can I get if or now I am diagnosed?" and not about "how do I live better with this thing". 

    I didn't give my GP a copy of the report, as he doesn't need it either. I gave him a copy of my diagnosis letter as a common courtesy. I didn't bother to read the report as I know who I am already and because I am on the autism spectrum I didn't care enough about someone else's opinion.

    Best of luck, genuinely, but I wondered if you would consider the possibility that it could be a whole lot simpler.

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  • At first you said you needed the report because you couldn't sort your benefits out without it. The report has no influence on any benefits, and the benefits assessor is not trained to understand the report. That is a need you don't have.

    Then you said you wanted to know what was said about you, which is a want that you do have. I understand that very much.

    I find in my situation I hear too much talk about "what benefits can I get if or now I am diagnosed?" and not about "how do I live better with this thing". 

    I didn't give my GP a copy of the report, as he doesn't need it either. I gave him a copy of my diagnosis letter as a common courtesy. I didn't bother to read the report as I know who I am already and because I am on the autism spectrum I didn't care enough about someone else's opinion.

    Best of luck, genuinely, but I wondered if you would consider the possibility that it could be a whole lot simpler.

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