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Understanding new diagnosis report?

KimmySunshine

Hello everyone, I’m very newly diagnosed (at 48 years old) as meeting the criteria for a diagnosis of ASD as described by DSM 5. I’ve had a draft report from the Autism Assessment Centre but I don’t understand it. I expected it to have a level of which they deem me to be at, and obviously I’ve googled it but am getting conflicting information. Do you have a level or score? Your help would be massively appreciated. Thank you 

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  • If you were diagnosed in the UK, unless you were told specifically that DSM-5 was employed, it is much more likely that the ICD diagnostic criteria were used.

  • in reply to Martin

    It states in my report that I meet the criteria as described by DSM-5. This is just the draft report I have and it can add additional information as needed but I did think that there would be some kind of indication of of what severity or scale/level I was at?

  • in reply to KimmySunshine

    The DSM-5 actually specifies that a level - one to three - should be separately given for both major trait groupings, i.e. communication, and restrictive/repetitive patterns of behaviour/interests. This seldom happens in practice, however and a single level is usually given. However, in the UK the ICD criteria are usually used, which do not specify any levels. It could be that your assessors are using a hybrid system - using the DSM-5 for diagnosis, but not giving a level, which is usual here. This could be because the UK NHS and other support systems (such as they are), do not routinely recognise or use the 1 to 3 level system in assessing support needs.

    This is just a guess on my part.

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  • in reply to KimmySunshine

    The DSM-5 actually specifies that a level - one to three - should be separately given for both major trait groupings, i.e. communication, and restrictive/repetitive patterns of behaviour/interests. This seldom happens in practice, however and a single level is usually given. However, in the UK the ICD criteria are usually used, which do not specify any levels. It could be that your assessors are using a hybrid system - using the DSM-5 for diagnosis, but not giving a level, which is usual here. This could be because the UK NHS and other support systems (such as they are), do not routinely recognise or use the 1 to 3 level system in assessing support needs.

    This is just a guess on my part.

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