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Can u reverse a diagnosis

Sudista

Son is 16, he was diagnosed when he was 9 YO he is very high functioning. He thinks that the diagnosis is wrong or maybe what he needed help with like fine motor skills and social cues are now “well mastered “ He wants to challenge his diagnosis and he thinks that whatever is written is not representative of him anymore. Can we do that? He was diagnosed at Springfield Hospital Tooting, how can we get them to see him please? Any help much appreciated. It doesn’t help also that the field he wants don’t take autistic children.

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  • I think you would probably need to speak to your GP to find out what the referral pathway is. It’s likely they’ll have to assess him again before they can remove the diagnosis if they feel it was wrong. It’s possible that he may have been misdiagnosed and be dyspraxic (not sure how much that would limit him in the army as well though?) but they might not have, just because he feels he’s not autistic doesn’t mean he isn’t (anymore) How are his friends? Neurodivergent people do tend to flock together especially if they have similar interests. Making friends doesn’t disprove the diagnosis, we are capable of it if we find the right people. The Army can also have him reassessed in the future if it’s overturned and they don’t agree based on what they are seeing in him, my friend had to leave the police because they sent him for autism assessment and he was diagnosed. It may not all be as black and white as it may seem

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  • I think you would probably need to speak to your GP to find out what the referral pathway is. It’s likely they’ll have to assess him again before they can remove the diagnosis if they feel it was wrong. It’s possible that he may have been misdiagnosed and be dyspraxic (not sure how much that would limit him in the army as well though?) but they might not have, just because he feels he’s not autistic doesn’t mean he isn’t (anymore) How are his friends? Neurodivergent people do tend to flock together especially if they have similar interests. Making friends doesn’t disprove the diagnosis, we are capable of it if we find the right people. The Army can also have him reassessed in the future if it’s overturned and they don’t agree based on what they are seeing in him, my friend had to leave the police because they sent him for autism assessment and he was diagnosed. It may not all be as black and white as it may seem

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