Hello everyone
Subject says it all.
Thanks
Hello everyone
Subject says it all.
Thanks
So, the diagnosis process is very long, you need to first request an assessment (usually at your GP), then more waiting, then there is an initial assessment (to triage people and decide whether you move on to the next stage), and then more waiting, and then questionnaires are sent to you to fill in, and more waiting, before the final assessment.
So from me asking for an assessment to finally actually having the final assessment was almost 2 years.
But after getting the final assessment, the report only took 2 weeks to come.
Now I can give a more precise answer: I got my report on the 12th calendar day following the day of my ADOS appointment.
Good luck with your second assessment!
I sympathise with how frustrating the NHS waiting and communicating with GP process are. When I first seemed a diagnosis, my information somehow got lost in the process due to admin error, and had to start the entire thing all over again. It's admirable to see that you keep persisting with the assessment process. I hope you will have a more positive experience this time. And don't stress out too much, since there are many people on this forum who share your experiences.
I called the clinic again yesterday, thinking that my report should appear fairly swiftly now that the diagnostic process has completed and the remainder is essentially admin, but was told again "It could be a month or two". I'm not convinced that this is a fully-informed answer and is just something that the receptionist says to get people to wait more patiently. Very frustrating. I asked if I could have a brief email to confirm my diagnosis whilst I wait for the detailed report. I was told that my request would be considered, but I'm not holding my breath for it.
It took a couple of months to receive the diagnostic report from the NHS in my case ~ back in 2015.
Yes after that appointment I had an ADOS test at the same NHS clinic and was told verbally that they were giving me a positive diagnosis. The initial report where I didn't meet all criteria wasn't the end of the process.
It was a few weeks, can't remember exactly (got diagnosed in Feb this year). I only remember my follow up was 4-5 weeks after the assessment and I had the report by then because we talked a bit about it, but I don't think it was much before.
But I also got a letter confirming the diagnosis in more basic terms only a few days after my assessment (a 'to whom it may concern' sort of thing to give to random people like uni and employers). I asked for one so I had something immediately on paper, and they were happy to sort that out.
I didn't get a report. Just a brief letter handed to me at the diagnostic appointment.
Hi IDWCC, I just read a post of yours saying you didn't meet criteria and therefore didn't get diagnosed? Or have I missed an updated post? If you are now diagnosed is that the NHS?
For me, it was 9 months between GP referral and Screening assessment but I am supposedly not showing the Autistic behaviours so I will go no further with the NHS.
Private was about a month yet again intially only part identified behaviours which NHS did not contemplate fully. Now waiting for GP referral for a second assessment.
I'm asking exactly the same question! Diagnosed (positively) a week ago (NHS), and on the day they said they would start writing the report "as soon as we've done here" i.e. implying that afternoon. I'm anxious to get it in my hands a) to see it in black and white and b) see what else it says! I was thinking a week to a fortnight, but I could well be wrong.
