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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, true, you probably can't easily go back on your own. Or I guess you can ask them for an appointment, but they may have to get approval from your employer.

    I meant this more in case you get send there in future, which may happen if there are ongoing problems. Unfortunately OH doctors often seem to focus exclusively on the questions that have been ticked on the form. Think that's pretty bad because it requires that the employer has all the knowledge to ask the right questions and is aware of everything that may lead to the problems they see and which are the reason for sending someone to an OH doctor.

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  • Yes, true, you probably can't easily go back on your own. Or I guess you can ask them for an appointment, but they may have to get approval from your employer.

    I meant this more in case you get send there in future, which may happen if there are ongoing problems. Unfortunately OH doctors often seem to focus exclusively on the questions that have been ticked on the form. Think that's pretty bad because it requires that the employer has all the knowledge to ask the right questions and is aware of everything that may lead to the problems they see and which are the reason for sending someone to an OH doctor.

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