ASD assessment

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Hi, I’ve a 13 year old girl with anorexia who we think may be neurodiverse. Can anyone recommend a private assessment provider who has experience or specialises in girls with ASD please?

If she has AN, won't your local CAMHS expedite an ASD assessment?

Given the political situation around private neurodevelopmental assessment at the moment, you're probably safest getting an NHS one

@KavaNuts thanks for getting back to me. The EDS can’t expedite a referral; would need to go through school and she’s not struggling there; the wait is at least 2 years.

Might be worth giving them a nudge, since the Fonagy report was pretty clear about supporting the overlap between ND and MH. Areas will vary, but generally EDS have pretty strict targets, so an expedited ND referral should help them too. But it will depend on which commissioning patch you're in.

Thank you. Can ask at our next appointment.

Wait over 4 years here and CAHMS took no action at all to start the ball rolling for us despite severe MH impacts. We went privately through Melios. Wouldn’t have felt as comfortable doing it online if it was less clearcut, I think, but we had been told
outright by four other professionals he was likely ND and the assessment was more for confirmation. Good luck.

Thank you. 4 years is a long wait! I’ll check out Melios.

For the assessment of the child for Autism, I can suggest you https://autismdetect.co.uk/. This might be helpful for assessment.

It might be best if you give your location by county at least. ASD needs to be assessed in person and is a staged process.