Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello all, for years I’ve known my son was different. It’s only since he started attending secondary school and me voicing my concerns that I’ve now had it confirmed by the Senco teachers at school that my son is displaying sighs of ASD. With the help of the Senco teachers at school we filled in questionnaires for CAMHS as my son was referred to them for an ASD assessment,to be told by CAMHS that my son doesn’t need an assessment but they could offer counselling. I was very upset but this as no one had met my son from CAMHS so how could they make this decision?! My son has trouble interacting at school and struggles everyday but CAMHS thought he’d be ok to sit in a room with a complete stranger and talk,no way!! So the reason why I’m here is to find help in getting a private assessment done as CAHMS are useless. I’d like to get assessment done so my son can start to understand why he’s different and for me to get the learning I need to help my son. If I don’t fight for what my son needs then no one else will....please if anyone can help us,we would both be very greatful. Thank you all for taking the time to read my post :)
Hi, I’ve recenrly been through private, I got diagnosed 2 weeks ago. Even though I live in England I used APECT in Glasgow. I would definitely reccomend it. They’re currently finalising the report which is 17 pages long. They’ve all worked in the NHS so they know what is needed and not needed when it comes to providing evidence etc because as this site explains that some authorities do not accept private diagnosis’s however with this company they have said with the experience they have from working within the NHS and providing such a detailed report they’ve never had any problems with authorities accepting their reports - they have seen some people who’s reports were just a page long and couldn’t understand how a diagnosis could have been made with just a pages worth of evidence.
The people there are really lovely and have made the whole process a lot easier. It was all started and finished within a month for me. Hope this helps