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Cloudbaby1975

I asked my Dad to complete questionnaires with me as part of my right to choose assessment. He decided to complete them by himself and basically reported that there are no issues. I’m not surprised by this, he is completely unaware of my issues as is my mother. They are both autistic in my opinion. I’m so upset as I think this will go against me. I don’t have any evidence to support problems in childhood. I found the whole experience triggering and invalidating. A life time of feeling misunderstood. My friend suggested that my brother come to my assessment with me, he is autistic. I feel funny having him in there with me as I want to talk about personal things and not to have to censor myself around him. 

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  • This is my issue with the assessment forms. I know what is going on in my mind and what I am struggling with and I have spent my whole life masking these things, so to expect my parents (who read the Daily Mail and think that these things are over diagnosed and people should just get on with it) to answer the questions in a useful way is pointless.

    If what your dad has written is completely unhelpful, could you get your brother to fill it in and say you can't ask your parents? Or alternatively, fill it in yourself (entirely honestly of course) and ask your brother to sign it?

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  • This is my issue with the assessment forms. I know what is going on in my mind and what I am struggling with and I have spent my whole life masking these things, so to expect my parents (who read the Daily Mail and think that these things are over diagnosed and people should just get on with it) to answer the questions in a useful way is pointless.

    If what your dad has written is completely unhelpful, could you get your brother to fill it in and say you can't ask your parents? Or alternatively, fill it in yourself (entirely honestly of course) and ask your brother to sign it?

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