Autism Referral Declined

[throughthecracksagain]

Feeling very wrung out and let down yet again. GP surgery called to ask why they had a denied referral letter through from the mental health team. I explained that PNMHT had referred me for autism diagnosis and support. They couldn't tell me why it has been declined and there wasn't anything that they could do and to speak to PNHMT. I explained to them that PNMHT won't see me as I've been discharged from them due to DD being over a year now.

Is it because I 'function' they won't accept my referral. Cant speak to mental health team directly as they gate keep massively.

Totally rambling post but feel that I've fallen between the cracks again. Can't afford to seek a private diagnosis as DD nursery fees have kicked in

Yes the screening’s usually from the questionnaire before they see you face to face. When I went through it I did an online form which was about me which was th screening, then I scored highly for ASD from that and went through to face to face assessment. If I had t scored highly enough for ASD from the form I wouldn’t have had the assessment.

I think it must be different in different areas @throughthecracksagain . For me, I had to fill in the AQ10 (https://embrace-autism.com/aq-10/), and attach a copy to the letter to my GP, that stated that I believed I had ASD, and why. That was then forwarded to the Psychiatry-UK by my GP, who sent questionnaires to me - one for me to complete and one for a significant other to complete. Today I was sent a link to book my assessment, and I've got my assessment in early January.

It's so fragmented the approach - definitely haven't had the AQ10 sent through. I hope your assessment is a positive experience 💖

and breathe 😮‍💨 😮‍💨

We've had about four or five different screening questionnaires for DS and one was in house and pretty rubbish so you may just have had a mate made up list of questions.