HAHAHAHAHAHA
Has anyone seen this on the NHS site!!? Do they even know how undiagnosed ADHD or Autism presents?? https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/getting-diagnosed/how-to-get-diagnosed/
Just sharing incase anyone fails to meet their "irony quota" for the day.
Why would you talk about something else if that's the reason you are going?!
Because the psychologists ask me to tell them about an incident "explain what happend/where did this happen?" but then that incident has lots of other factors and details, and then you have to mention all of them incase the first one wasn't the most important. Or I remember a better example of X, Y, and Z happening and not mentioning it could mean vital details get missed.
Or you aren't sure if it does fall under the scope of autism. In fact why are we expected to know what specifically to talk about to tell the psych what they need to hear? They are the Psych if they are any good at their job diagnosing people they should be able to tell from what we say as we talk about a whole range of stuff. I never said in my assessment "I have autism" for the psychologist to just go "ok" lol. I talked about stuff that happened to me and how I felt about it before and after, and the psychologist decided whether or not that met critera for autism.
TBH that NHS "how to get diagnosed" seems a bit on the nose. Because an NT could be mistaken for autistic if they've been instructed to speak about just one thing giving the false appearance of monotropic focus. And then that "diagnosis" would be incorrect based on bias misinformation. I don't normally say this about the NHS but that is some of the worst advice I think I've seen them give in recent years.
I think even on the website the language isn't entirely accurate. There is a difference between assessment and diagnosis.
Yes, indeed, sorry I had to edit my reply to include the additional information, but I appear to have ended up with a stand alone reply under Shard's* post and not your reply again for some reason.
But that does concern me still, that means anyone that just wants a diagnosis is told how to get it regardless of whether they actually are autistic or not, they could be experiencing crossover traits (a lot of traumatised people for example have similar reactions "on the face of it") and if they are led to believe it's something else other than discovering what it really is they could go without vital support for what is really going on with them. It strikes me that as far as NHS advice goes, this is actually irresponsible as it is potentially dangerous to people's wellbeing.
*Jumpier's. Gah! Be gone accursed brain fog! XD
Yes, indeed, sorry I had to edit my reply to include the additional information, but I appear to have ended up with a stand alone reply under Shard's* post and not your reply again for some reason.
But that does concern me still, that means anyone that just wants a diagnosis is told how to get it regardless of whether they actually are autistic or not, they could be experiencing crossover traits (a lot of traumatised people for example have similar reactions "on the face of it") and if they are led to believe it's something else other than discovering what it really is they could go without vital support for what is really going on with them. It strikes me that as far as NHS advice goes, this is actually irresponsible as it is potentially dangerous to people's wellbeing.
*Jumpier's. Gah! Be gone accursed brain fog! XD
However I don't think anyone would wait the length of time you currently have to on the NHS if they didn't think there was something in it.
I'd really like to believe that, but I know for some people they also just don't have a choice but to wait to get an answer one way or the other. Unfortunately mental health services are a sorely underfunded section, they all are really but it seems to hit the MH departments worst of all.
I wish I could remember if there was tasks in mine, it was so long ago, but not as long ago as some others here on the forum. There's every chance our assessments could have been conducted differently to varying degrees over the decades.
But I do remember the talking and the questions. Not all of them so specifically. But it seemed to be either a vast bulk or all of it.
My assessment included tasks. I think there is a certain range of ways autistic people approach and complete these tasks which possibly neuro typical people do not.
