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Anyone been for a autism assessment and not been diagnosed autistic?

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MunchMonster · 15/03/2023 12:52

What happened?
What did they say?
Did they offer an alternative diagnosis or something to look into?
How did you feel?

Thank you.

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Riverseawoods · 03/05/2024 11:03

Exactly! Totally agree.

BlackeyedSusan · 22/05/2024 10:48

The assessment process is brutal. You have to dredge up all your autistic failures and relive them in gory detail. It takes a good couple of years to start to recover from that.

It is really damaging to your self esteem to admit you have significant deficits

BlackeyedSusan · 22/05/2024 10:52

It was not at all damaging to admit I have significant physical deficits due to my hypermobility but was for executive function and social communication . Routine wasn't so bad to discuss emotionally.

Find things you can't and don't do because of your autism and list them.

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