• Replies 14 replies
  • Subscribers 29 subscribers
  • Views 3224 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Revisiting diagnosis

NAS72187

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? 

Parents

  • What the doctor said was pretty outrageous!

    I did have a reassessment after being initially diagnosed not autistic. However, my second assessment was many years later. It was over Zoom because of the pandemic.

    In terms of getting an assessment, the procedure where I am is to have people who want an assessment to be screened by the charity Mencap, which basically involves being given a standard autism questionnaire. If you score above a certain level, the GP can refer you for formal assessment. If that's not available where you live, you can probably find the questionnaire or a similar one online; it might be a useful way to help prove your point.

    The other thing I did was do a LOT of research on autism, online and in books, and used this to compile a big document listing all the reasons I thought I was autistic. I took this to the assessment and I think it was helpful in making my case.

    Good luck!

Reply

  • What the doctor said was pretty outrageous!

    I did have a reassessment after being initially diagnosed not autistic. However, my second assessment was many years later. It was over Zoom because of the pandemic.

    In terms of getting an assessment, the procedure where I am is to have people who want an assessment to be screened by the charity Mencap, which basically involves being given a standard autism questionnaire. If you score above a certain level, the GP can refer you for formal assessment. If that's not available where you live, you can probably find the questionnaire or a similar one online; it might be a useful way to help prove your point.

    The other thing I did was do a LOT of research on autism, online and in books, and used this to compile a big document listing all the reasons I thought I was autistic. I took this to the assessment and I think it was helpful in making my case.

    Good luck!

Children
No Data