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Adult referral

RidleyRumpus

Hi,

I had not considered myself to be on the spectrum but comments from my ex wife and several colleagues in the teaching profession that they thought I maybe got me thinking.

I have many of the same characteristics of those on the spectrum and when I have taken the online tests as honestly as possible the indication is always that I am on the spectrum.

The problem is that I think AS may account for why I seem to have so many interpersonal problems at work, I am a physics teacher). I am often accused of being rude when I just cannot see it, I really do not want to be.

This is made worse that I have great deal of difficulty with names and faces, it took me four years to be able to differentiate all the colleagues in my department and there are only ten. With pupils it is plain embarrassing to be talking to a pupil in the corridor not know their name and be told I have taught them for X years...

As a consequence it is not surprising to me that I have more than my fair share of complaints from students and parents. Unfortunately due to at least partle due to these problems my school is now moving to have me sacked.

So today I went to my GP and asked to be referred for a test only to be told that this PCG does not fund/provide referrals for adults. I have checked for a private referral and this would cost me £1000 which I just do not have.

I presume that they are not allowed to do this?

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  • Yes, sort of, no idea how likely this is though. I was in a similar position, a counsellor suggested it, the GP said it wasn't available but the OH doctor completely dismissed the counsellor's suggestion. Maybe having him on my side and suggesting an assessment to be done in his report would have made it much harder for the employer to sack me for reasons that sounded altogether as if they had copied them from a list of things people with AS struggle with or do that annoy others. It may be worth suggesting this to the OH doctor at least because they may 1. not recognise it without being told and 2. not know about the situation with the assessment (which will take quite some time to happen even when they have agreed to fund it).

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  • Yes, sort of, no idea how likely this is though. I was in a similar position, a counsellor suggested it, the GP said it wasn't available but the OH doctor completely dismissed the counsellor's suggestion. Maybe having him on my side and suggesting an assessment to be done in his report would have made it much harder for the employer to sack me for reasons that sounded altogether as if they had copied them from a list of things people with AS struggle with or do that annoy others. It may be worth suggesting this to the OH doctor at least because they may 1. not recognise it without being told and 2. not know about the situation with the assessment (which will take quite some time to happen even when they have agreed to fund it).

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