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psychologists & psychiatrists hard to understand, communicate with

ALADDIN

I find that psychistrists are either hard to communicate with or do not understand everything.

There is no real support especially in the N.H.S, it is not possible to get a diagnosis of dyspraxia on the N.H.S.

I have an ASD. The psychiatrist said "aspergers traits not a problem" which I know means borderline asperger syndrome. The letter from my GP says ASD. The diagnosis was difficult to understand, I had a 10 minute non-standard diagnosis. A person inexperienced would not understand the meaning of aspergers traits, especially without support.

Some people within the N.A.S, think people either have full traits of asperger syndrome or do not have asperger syndrome. I feel people treat me like experimental data.

My mother has not noticed any problems, except for dyspraxia which has caused me a history of problems. It is of little practical benefit.

Now, I have a complete understanding of dyspraxia, I had to go privately. It could be diagnosed by a clicical psychologist, educational psychologist, occupational psychologist.

I had a cheap deal but there were three faults, the fact I had got a Postgrad qualification without any support, the person I have worked in  a call centre as a market research interviewer and as a telemarketer, the other fault was an undertanding of the Autistic Spectrum.

Under the new diagnostic criteria for ASD, I would not get a diagnosis.

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  • Which comes back to the question, while the Triad of Impairments (or it seems what the mods call DISCO) may be necessary as a diagnostic tool, it in no sufficient way describes the everyday experiences of those on the spectrum. But the psychologists, and psychiatrists and yes even NAS wont budge from using the Triad to define us.

    For one thing what is borderline? The traits do not grade off uniformally. You can be mild over most of them but have one or several severe, yet still be classed as bordeline. And where's the research? How many borderline, mild or able people on the spectrum are studied, observed etc? The group that are studied are at the more severe end, which is fair enough but it shouldn't totally exclude research at the milder end.

    Both ALADDIN and openheart are describing things the Triad doesn't cover. Yet they all seem familiar territory for people on the spectrum. But I guess its the usual story - the patients don't have an opinion.

    What a truly sorry state of affairs, and what a disappointment when it comes to the notion of professionalism....

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  • Which comes back to the question, while the Triad of Impairments (or it seems what the mods call DISCO) may be necessary as a diagnostic tool, it in no sufficient way describes the everyday experiences of those on the spectrum. But the psychologists, and psychiatrists and yes even NAS wont budge from using the Triad to define us.

    For one thing what is borderline? The traits do not grade off uniformally. You can be mild over most of them but have one or several severe, yet still be classed as bordeline. And where's the research? How many borderline, mild or able people on the spectrum are studied, observed etc? The group that are studied are at the more severe end, which is fair enough but it shouldn't totally exclude research at the milder end.

    Both ALADDIN and openheart are describing things the Triad doesn't cover. Yet they all seem familiar territory for people on the spectrum. But I guess its the usual story - the patients don't have an opinion.

    What a truly sorry state of affairs, and what a disappointment when it comes to the notion of professionalism....

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