Worried about diagnosis

Feeling very nervous here. We've received a draft report for our 13 year old daughter and were told she has SCD rather than ASD. We're convinced that she should've met some of the criteria that have been marked negative. We know she needs to meet each set ABC and D but does she need to meet each subset of those? We've been waiting over 4 years for an assessment but right now it really feels like limbo!

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  • Hi NAS35868,

    I'm sorry you've had a difficult experience with the diagnosis process, you might find it useful to look at the NAS page on diagnostic criteria, it includes links on different autism profiles, misdiagnosis and how to complain:

    http://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/criteria-changes.aspx 

    If you have any other questions, or wanted some advice, you may like to contact our Autism Helpline team. They can provide you with information and advice on your issue. You can call them on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm).Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an advisor.

    Kind regards,

    Heather - Mod

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  • Hi NAS35868,

    I'm sorry you've had a difficult experience with the diagnosis process, you might find it useful to look at the NAS page on diagnostic criteria, it includes links on different autism profiles, misdiagnosis and how to complain:

    http://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/criteria-changes.aspx 

    If you have any other questions, or wanted some advice, you may like to contact our Autism Helpline team. They can provide you with information and advice on your issue. You can call them on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm).Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an advisor.

    Kind regards,

    Heather - Mod

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