Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi
My daughter, who is 10 years old is finally seeing the specialist ,with regards to an autism assessment. Can anyone give some advice about it, as i know it will last an hour and half and they will probably ask my daughter to perform specific tasks. Can you give me any further information about this, as both my daughter and myself are really nervous. The Autism Outreach team have suggested that i write some notes about my daughter's behaviour to aid the assessment.
I went to my assessment with my daughter. The assessor asked questions and I answered easily, well they were questions about me so they were quite easy. My daughter was able to say her observations and the whole thing was quite pleasant. Really it wasn't hard to do, I let myself be me, not the person I had been taught to be, I was trained to do eye contact, but it's exhausting and not comfortable, so I dressed in my normal tie bleached velvet jacket etc and acted normal for me, and had a diagnosis. So I say to anyone going for an assessment, just be yourself.