So I had my assessment for ASD months ago and still waiting on my result, I dont think the assessment went well since I struggle with thinking clearly when in that sort of environment being asked so many broad questions, the assessor told me to get in touch if I had anything I wanted to add to any of my answers afterwards but then left no way if contacting unfortunately so many answers that I could have written essays worth of answers to still have "I dont know" as the answer because of this, I'm worried my result wont be accurate
This is bothering me more since starting a new job as this particular job is immediately difficult to deal with and already I have management being slightly condescending about me not handling certain things as well as others, I don't feel that I'll be able to ask for any adjustments to my issues at work without having a "reason" to be asking if that makes sense?
For example the role I applied for is in my city, it's a 40min walk or 20ish minute bus ride from my house which is a perfect distance for me to travel and plan life around. The job is being a support worker in assisted living, and currently the site that's in my city has no service user, so I'm being put on "reserve" shifts in sites that take me a minimum of 2hrs to get to from my house, which means I get called up at 6am if I'm needed on a shift and have to then get ready immediately and set off for 2hrs, work 12hrs then spend 2hrs getting home. It's unbearable.
I tried to bring up my issues with this with management and team leaders and I can barely get past the part of the conversation where I say "I dont drive" before they go on about themselves not driving and dealing with it fine, this employee doesnt drive and they get on fine, oh this person doesnt drive and has kids and they somehow manage! I cant get across how stressful this is for me personally even though it's something I "should" be able to manage.
This is only one issue with the job there are so many, but for the sake of keeping it short that's just one as an example. I'm wondering if its worth pursuing another assessment or if I dont completely lose it and quit this job soon, getting a private assessment, and preparing better for it? I saw that some people wrote letters to get the bulk of the day to day issues they have across to assessors before they start asking the really vague questions that can be tough to answer in the moment.
Also, is a private assessment any different to the nhs one? I see this recommended to people in forums here who have had trouble with their nhs assessment but would it not use the same diagnostic criteria anyway?