need some help??

hello all,

im david age 38, im currently experiencing some troubled times...

i was diagnosed as a child with aspergers... i now want a fresh diagnosis to enable me to get more help as an adult on the spectrum...

how do i go about this??

would a fresh diagnosis help me to learn how to cope with my disability??

how do i learn more about myself??

as a child it was all abit beyond me to be honest, my parents were fairly secretive with me as i was adopted and they always used that as a "problem area"...

i have always been a "loner".. not being able to understand why i needed friends or people to talk too, over the years i saw quite a few "specialists" and was often misunderstood by them.

i was diagnosed as a young teen but they noticed i had problems when it came to taking my 11+ test in junior school....

im trying to explain the situation to the best of my ability, im now 38 my diagnosis will be 24 years old... how do i go about getting a fresh assessement?? does anyone know how i can get one on the NHS as i cant afford a private one??

any help would be greatly appreciated??

thanks you for reading...

david :)

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  • He was diagnosed as a young teenager, when the diagnosis would be held by his adopted parents.

    Reading other postings by Davek I get the impression he has been homeless and living rough at times. So I suspect he hasn't got the documents still. If he has often been homeless his medical records may have been lost by now.

    He was adopted so his adopted parents may not be around or may no longer be supportive. Davek might wish to elaborate but I suspect he is out of touch with them, and may even now be in a different part of the country.

    He may not have a formal GP but be using the GP centre for homeless in his current area, who wont have paperwork. It may be difficult to get a referral.

    My impression last time was Davek was accessing a library computer (many of these charge) or a free hub somewhere like a shopping mall, where there's no security. 

    NAS, when they eventually clocked the last posting, after nudges from at least me, suggested he phone them. From a call box? With what? Get Real NAS.

    There is a MAJOR problem with people diagnosed autistic as children, particularly those in care, or fostered or adopted, but also those who've fallen out with or lost touch with their parents, who are now homeless or on the streets. It is a real crisis.

    But I don't see any sign of NAS addressing this. It is supposed to have been taken up as part of the Adult Autism Strategy.

    Davek probably has no means of accessing his previous diagnosis, and I presume they are ignoring his claims to have had one when he seeks help. He can only access the web occasionally.

    And all NAS said last time was - well he didn't phone us....Well wake up NAS, because the autistic homeless population in this country is a fundamental disgrace, a breach of human rights.

    And the Government's mean and spiteful Benefits Assessment is putting more people in vulnerable situations like this. What does it take to get people to wake up to the problem?

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  • He was diagnosed as a young teenager, when the diagnosis would be held by his adopted parents.

    Reading other postings by Davek I get the impression he has been homeless and living rough at times. So I suspect he hasn't got the documents still. If he has often been homeless his medical records may have been lost by now.

    He was adopted so his adopted parents may not be around or may no longer be supportive. Davek might wish to elaborate but I suspect he is out of touch with them, and may even now be in a different part of the country.

    He may not have a formal GP but be using the GP centre for homeless in his current area, who wont have paperwork. It may be difficult to get a referral.

    My impression last time was Davek was accessing a library computer (many of these charge) or a free hub somewhere like a shopping mall, where there's no security. 

    NAS, when they eventually clocked the last posting, after nudges from at least me, suggested he phone them. From a call box? With what? Get Real NAS.

    There is a MAJOR problem with people diagnosed autistic as children, particularly those in care, or fostered or adopted, but also those who've fallen out with or lost touch with their parents, who are now homeless or on the streets. It is a real crisis.

    But I don't see any sign of NAS addressing this. It is supposed to have been taken up as part of the Adult Autism Strategy.

    Davek probably has no means of accessing his previous diagnosis, and I presume they are ignoring his claims to have had one when he seeks help. He can only access the web occasionally.

    And all NAS said last time was - well he didn't phone us....Well wake up NAS, because the autistic homeless population in this country is a fundamental disgrace, a breach of human rights.

    And the Government's mean and spiteful Benefits Assessment is putting more people in vulnerable situations like this. What does it take to get people to wake up to the problem?

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