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Revisiting diagnosis

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I’m hoping to get some advice I think after speaking to someone recently. I’m struggling and reached out to someone professional and after hearing her reaction it’s made me want to re visit my diagnosis. 

I started diagnosis just before lock down and my assessment was via zoom call. To cut a long story short the doctor told me he doesn’t think I have autism because when I worked in an office I would join some friends if going for a coffee on lunch break. I’m powerless to question his decision but after hearing how shocked the psychologist was who I was speaking to this week it’s made me want to go back. 

Has anyone done this and been reassessed and diagnosed? Anyone else had a zoom assessment? 

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  • Unknown said:
    On a serious note i tried getting a diagnosis and because i can hold down a job i wasnt considered viable. 

    This is one of the most discriminatory elements found in some parts of the NHS. Because you are functioning in society - i.e. not causing any trouble to neurotypicals - you cannot be autistic. What about all the trouble being autistic, and an undiagnosed autistic at that, is causing to the autistic person themselves?

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  • Unknown said:
    On a serious note i tried getting a diagnosis and because i can hold down a job i wasnt considered viable. 

    This is one of the most discriminatory elements found in some parts of the NHS. Because you are functioning in society - i.e. not causing any trouble to neurotypicals - you cannot be autistic. What about all the trouble being autistic, and an undiagnosed autistic at that, is causing to the autistic person themselves?

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  • in reply to Martin

    If this is true about the NHS, I wonder what changes they will make to this policy or policies in the post-Covid era - will they deny services and/or support to someone because thier Covid vaccine/booster/flu shots record is not up to date and/or thier GP attendance record is not up to date? Or will they make it part of the process to update all of this before they proceed with any further services/support?