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Getting a diagnosis

kd2108

Hi everyone,

I am new to all this so please forgive me. I was recently told by a counsellor that I have a lot of asperger's traits. I was quite surprised by this but the more I looked into this ( I read empowering aspie girls by rudy simone and have been watching a lot of youtube video blogs by asperger's girls) I really do think that I may be on the autistic spectrum.

I really want to get a diagnosis but the thing is, I am not so sure that I will get one, mianly because of the lack of repeatative behaviours. Growing up, I had a lot of ocd like repeatative behaviours, certain twitches I would have to do  to make me feel settled, I would have to touch objects an even amount of times with both hands, things like that. However, nowadays I dont really have any of that. I'd say the most repeatative behaviour that I have now is listening to the same songs over and over. I am thinking that this will stop me from getting a diagnosis?

I feel that I have a lot of things on the social/communication side of things; I am able to socialise but I can find it quite tiring and I do struggle with idle chit chat and large groups. I am rubbish with eye contact and talking about my feelings.

Can anyone out there who has recently been diagnoised tell me the sorts of questions that may be asked and the criteria I will be judged up against? (I know its the ICD criteria in the UK but it all seems rather vague?)

Any help and advice would be much appriciated

thanks

Kelly

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  • Kelly... don't worry about repetitive behaviour, or any of the other traits... if you go for an assessment they are trained obeservers, they will see how you react to discussing your issues.  

    Also, don't forget, ASD is a spectrum disorder... we each have our own set of issues, we aren't all exactly the same... the assessment and diagnosis looks at how YOU view life, and they won't expect to see every single little ASD trait in your behaviour.

    It's much better to find out one way or another whether your difficulties are due to AS because then you can start figuring out how You think you should view things.

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  • Kelly... don't worry about repetitive behaviour, or any of the other traits... if you go for an assessment they are trained obeservers, they will see how you react to discussing your issues.  

    Also, don't forget, ASD is a spectrum disorder... we each have our own set of issues, we aren't all exactly the same... the assessment and diagnosis looks at how YOU view life, and they won't expect to see every single little ASD trait in your behaviour.

    It's much better to find out one way or another whether your difficulties are due to AS because then you can start figuring out how You think you should view things.

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