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Involvement of family- adult diagnosis

belles12345

I have started the diagnostic process with a psychologist, who after speaking to me believes that I am on the autistic spectrum, but I need to complete the different parts of the diagnosis for 'evidence'.  I don't want to involve my family, for personal reasons.  The psychologist said that they will skip that part and go onto the subsequent part of the assessment, however if they haven't got enough evidence (apparently my signs are subtle), they many need to speak to a family member.  

I am aware that there may be other instruments they could use, but I have not been advised of these.  Is it the case that sometimes family must be involved (ie. when the outward signs are subtle)?

Thank you.

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  • Sorry after posting I realised that I tried to answer the question that you posed:

    If 'girls' tactics are known, do you think that there's a way to differentiate between 'copied and repeated' behaviour in Aspies, and 'learned how' behaviour (sorry, I'm struggling for the question and trust that you understand what I'm asking) in non-autistic girls?

    and went off on a tangent without answering it properly.  I think what I was trying to get to was that from my own experience, my attemps at copying others in an attempt to please by doing the 'right thing' were probably very mixed with misbehaving and also withdrawing due to gaps in understanding.  You might say that this is true for all children, however in my experience there were gaps and behaviours that I believe were not age appropriate and were very distressing to live with.  I think in older children (and maybe some younger) that this can look like a split or alternating personality, and can also feel like it.  I have no idea if this is a good way to spot these developmental difficulties in girls but I imagine it would have evidenced in my past.
    It frustrates me that my difficulties may be insufficient for a diagnosis, and I wonder for how many out there this may be the case.  As you say this certainly needs to be better understood, as I believe a diagnosis of some sort should be given to girls who struggle in such areas.
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  • Sorry after posting I realised that I tried to answer the question that you posed:

    If 'girls' tactics are known, do you think that there's a way to differentiate between 'copied and repeated' behaviour in Aspies, and 'learned how' behaviour (sorry, I'm struggling for the question and trust that you understand what I'm asking) in non-autistic girls?

    and went off on a tangent without answering it properly.  I think what I was trying to get to was that from my own experience, my attemps at copying others in an attempt to please by doing the 'right thing' were probably very mixed with misbehaving and also withdrawing due to gaps in understanding.  You might say that this is true for all children, however in my experience there were gaps and behaviours that I believe were not age appropriate and were very distressing to live with.  I think in older children (and maybe some younger) that this can look like a split or alternating personality, and can also feel like it.  I have no idea if this is a good way to spot these developmental difficulties in girls but I imagine it would have evidenced in my past.
    It frustrates me that my difficulties may be insufficient for a diagnosis, and I wonder for how many out there this may be the case.  As you say this certainly needs to be better understood, as I believe a diagnosis of some sort should be given to girls who struggle in such areas.
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