Hi,
I wondered if anyone could help me out by remembering what they felt like during the run-up to diagnosis and the aftermath?
The clinical psychologist who administered the ADOS test and went through the lengthy questionnaires we filled in relating to DS (2.3) has said she hopes to get the results/diagnosis back to us by the end of this week.
We are not in the UK so things are a bit different here, all assessments are privately funded as is SALT, ABA and other therapies including Denver Model sessions. The psych. filmed the ADOS and discussed/shared it with another qualified person and they are the ones who will make the call together rather than a panel.
I am finding waiting for the results very difficult. I alternate between frantic reading of threads here and autism books, and trying to just carry on as normal, feeling very exhausted (I am fighting a virus/cough thing which has gone on for nearly 3 weeks - quite possibly stress isn't helping as I am rarely ill).
I am dreading the result yet also desperate to know because the waiting is chewing me up. Can you tell me how you felt before and after? It would help to know how other people felt and coped.
Many thanks
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TrucksAndDinosaurs · 20/03/2013 19:45
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