Published on 12, July, 2020
I’m wondering what people’s thoughts are on the issue of post-diagnostic autism assessment, as a basic standard practice for both adults and children alike, which should be a legal obligation for those tasked with diagnosing autism, in both private and public health settings, in respect of both adults and children with autism - without a post diagnostic assessment, one has no idea what one’s support needs are and therefore there is no way to legally enforce one’s entitlements to have reasonable adjustments put in place, for example in employment - we are totally reliant and dependent on the goodwill of charities to provide the support that we need which should be a legal requirement within a legal framework and as certain basic minimum standards that are legally enforceable - autism experts should be brought in to help design proper support and assessment as well as helping to draft laws that will force society to properly provide for us by properly having support structures in place, the proper implementation of which will be backed up by force of law - current laws are simply not good enough and given the statistics, this situation is even more unacceptable - aside from campaigns for increased funding, campaigns for legislative change should be launched
If mental health services started to recognise what is looking at them right in front of them, the inicators and "symptoms" of ASD, then wouldnt that save a lot of time and money? Instead, they diagnose some mental health condition and hand out prescriptions. This goes on and on. Backwards and forwards, symptoms dont improve, they get worse, change medication.....medical proffesionals are not following nice guidlines. They are depriving people of the right to make sense of "what is wrong" with them. Recognising autism early would help people accept, this is how it is, there is no cure and this is what i need to do to take care of myself. Those breakdowns that i have, they are not breakdiwns they are meltdowns and i dont have a mental illness. The funds wasted on these types of consultations, referrals and prescriptions could be better used to increase post diagnosis support. Is it really that difficult to figure out what is happening here?