Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all.
Sorry, I posted this in the wrong section previously, so you might have seen this before
I'm new to the forum and just wanted to say hi and I am planning on using this to interact a little and read the viewpoints of other like minded individuals.
I do not have a formal diagnosis yet, but I was assessed last week (at 37 years old), so I am waiting on the results of that. I think it will be a relief to receive a confirmation of what I believe is ASD; and to provide some reassurance that i'm not just awkward and 'unusual' for no reason.
As with a lot of others I have got pretty good at masking it, but having discovered the forum today it will be nice to be able to interact with others like myself and I have already read several posts that have answered some questions I have had as I await my assessment result.
I probably won't be the most active with posts, but I will be reading them all and it will be nice to 'meet' some of you. I don't think I've ever posted on a forum before but this one seems important to me.
I am planning on doing a post about my journey to getting an assessment as I think that's where a lot of the questions lie and it may be useful to someone. I live in the North West of England, so it might be useful to somebody wondering about the wait times etc in specific areas.
Thanks for reading and I hope you are all having a good day.
D
Hi Dino, I would live to hear details. I am in a similar position in my 40s and also in the North West. On a waiting list, but have now just had approval via work health assurance to have private diagnosis.
Am now trying to action that, which is providing its own unexpected challenges! I thought that would be easy with funding in place...silly me!
Hi Lee.
Sorry it has taken me so long to get around to it, but I have done a post on the adults section of the forum detailing my journey through the process. I hope you have made some progress and if you are still interested in reading it you can go and check it out.
Kind regards