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any idea how long?

daddywolf

just a quick question really, roughly how long does it take for an autistic assessment to be done roughly from start to finish?

the background bit...this might waffle or be a bit long but i guess it needs to go in to explain why i'm asking this...

     I shifted my daughter from one school to another about 2 years ago now for a couple of reasons but i'd been on and on and on at them about different things, like her lack of ability to read, write, and sometimes her behaviour as well but it was like banging my head on a wall and I got to thinking it was just me...however when i moved her to a different school within 3 weeks of her being there the teacher called me in and said to me that she thought my daughter might have autism or aspergers or something similar or related my first response was to thank her and then to ask her to set things in motion...which she did it took about 8 months to get her to her first assessment done in the school after loads and loads of forms and meetings with the teachers involved now we're a year on from that and despite letters going in from the GP, social services and the school as well as us she still hasnt been seen by a pyschatrist.

  so the other part of my question is that is this time frame normal? or are we doing something wrong? or are they doing something wrong?

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  • Hi Daddywolf,

    I think once your child is in school it can be very common for it to take a long time for autistic assessments to be arranged and for a diagnosis to be reached. I think we have been very lucky in that our son has been diagnosed pre-school, and because he has other health and developmental issues we were already in the cycle, so to speak. However I used to be a student teacher and my knowledge from there is once you finally get someone to stand up and listen that your child may have an autistic disorder, there are a lot of hoops to jump through before anything actually gets done.

    I have no advice really, I can only say to keep pushing. Is there any way you could speak to a psychologist yourself?

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  • Hi Daddywolf,

    I think once your child is in school it can be very common for it to take a long time for autistic assessments to be arranged and for a diagnosis to be reached. I think we have been very lucky in that our son has been diagnosed pre-school, and because he has other health and developmental issues we were already in the cycle, so to speak. However I used to be a student teacher and my knowledge from there is once you finally get someone to stand up and listen that your child may have an autistic disorder, there are a lot of hoops to jump through before anything actually gets done.

    I have no advice really, I can only say to keep pushing. Is there any way you could speak to a psychologist yourself?

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