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Adult autism- how to get diagnosis?

happispirit

Hi,

I have 5 children 15, 13, 7, 5 and 3 and my oldest has been diagnosed as being within the ASD spectrum and in attendance at a SEN school,  with the second currently under Community Paedeatricians wwith a referral to CAMHS as its suspected she is on the spectrum as well.

My husband, (40), also displays a lot of the same behavioural traits and after being on anti depressants for over 4 years, we finally got a referral to the mental health team who basically have said, yes it could be your ASD but your old, we can't really say so easily, and discharged him. 

After such a long slog trying to get him some help, I am buckling under the pressure trying to cope with him, 5 kids and a degree course fulltime. Noone gets PIP, disability allowance, carers allowance or ESA - I would appreciate any advice on how to get his needs recognised and find some support. 

Thank you. 

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    Another aspect of this is the depression that this person has fallen into. This will make the person think there is no point trying to do anything about it. He is angry and embattled and has been receiving lots of messages about how broken he is. it will not be easy (but not impossible) to get through that fog of resistance to get him to a reasonably rational state of mind where he can see some real options. Happispirit should probably take advice on how to deal with someone with depression (and autism).

    CC: The person who scored 17, how do you know that they have ASD, were they gaming the answers to avoid diagnosis? Otherwise, I agree that 42 isn't anything like an official diagnosis but it is so far from a normal score that it suggests a "strong likelihood" of ASD according to aspergerstest.net/.../

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Another aspect of this is the depression that this person has fallen into. This will make the person think there is no point trying to do anything about it. He is angry and embattled and has been receiving lots of messages about how broken he is. it will not be easy (but not impossible) to get through that fog of resistance to get him to a reasonably rational state of mind where he can see some real options. Happispirit should probably take advice on how to deal with someone with depression (and autism).

    CC: The person who scored 17, how do you know that they have ASD, were they gaming the answers to avoid diagnosis? Otherwise, I agree that 42 isn't anything like an official diagnosis but it is so far from a normal score that it suggests a "strong likelihood" of ASD according to aspergerstest.net/.../

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