Experiences of ASD diagnostic meeting?

[yanny]

I rarely post here so hope you'll excuse me for crashing in!

Tomorrow profs are meeting at 9.30, my meeting is at 10.30 with 2 of them. Been telling myself a label (or not as the case may be) is not important, dd still has the issues regardless, so why am I dreading being told it's not ASD almost as much as if it is? I feel so mixed up...

There's no such rule about not being able to join certain careers. In fact it would be against the law for them to discriminate, and autism isn't something that has to be declared anyway. It's not an illness - it's a brain design, and for things like law enforcement it's a design almost perfect for the job. Think Sherlock Holmes (autistic).

there are jobs which need a medical report such as those mentioned
if a dx of asd is on there what is the likely hood of them getting that job.
no one is going to admit discrimination but ....

amberlight- i just read your profile
can i ask if you know any adults with asd and what careers/jobs they have
as the only adult a know is a landscape gardener (and a fantastic one too.)
just that the conversation got me thinking ...
i know what you mean in regards to well suited for certain jobs in regards to the police ive just finished watching the bridge, where the main detective is on the spectrum scale but her ability to think out of the box makes her better at her job- as she sees things very black and white.

wfrances, I know a few hundred adults on the autism spectrum, yes.
In no particular order, artist, sculptor, teacher, surveyor, accountant, lawyer, autism trainer, university academic, engineer, poet, author, police officer, vicar, organist, choir member...does this give a clue?

bloody hell- im shocked -in a nice way
it seems ive been very misinformed by a lot of people

Career success for most is directly corelated to the 3R's & a decent basic standard of education + social skills (not everyone can be a brain surgeon but you want your kid to leave school with 5 A-C GCSE's to be able to pursue almost ANY career nowadays). Without the right support a LOT of children slip through the cracks and wind up drifting through adult life. It's a sad waste of human potential.

If you talk to people who work with offenders (youth offending team, probation officer, prison officer, police etc) they all seem to have lots of anecdotal stories of people who have ended up on the wrong side of the tracks due to unrecognised/undiagnosed SEN's of various types.

At a very basic level the literacy levels in prisons are appallingly low.

Microsoft and a few other high-paying scientific & computer firms now actively recruit Aspies as they excel in certain roles such as testing. Sometimes it can be an advantage to declare it

A well-educated kid with a diagnosis is always gonna stand a better chance than the lost souls who slip through the educational and welfare cracks growing up. The right help & support to ensure your child gets a well-rounded education is the best gift you can give them. (I'll include explicit instruction in the soft skills like social skills & team work in my definition of well-rounded)

My AS ex was in the military, my son's AS Gran is a retired primary teacher, a neighbour works in IT. I've met several when I worked in the corporate world who were doing really well for themselves. Just like the NT it's a question of getting the child to the point where they can gain access to the niche in adult life they are best suited to.