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 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Official Diagnosis - in the US

shootingstar
Posted: 08 Sep 2019, 12:06 pm 

Replies: 16
Views: 836
shootingstar: It sounds like you prepared pre-assessment information and either wrote about or talked about your history. You completed various questionnaires. Did you receive a rather lengthy final written report from your psychologist with the results of your assessment?[/quote] I did do pre-asses...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: When people say "always have a smile on your face"

shootingstar
Posted: 07 Sep 2019, 10:13 am 

Replies: 19
Views: 924
I have a friend who always smiles. It sucks because she can be in serious emotional distress and she still keeps smiling - this is just the default thing she does with her face. She's a masking Aspie. She believes she trained it to please her parents and now she struggles to untrain it. This is me....

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: How do I let a teacher know about this?

shootingstar
Posted: 06 Sep 2019, 10:26 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 296
As a teacher, I know that important information about kids, including their IEPs is often not shared with us in a timely manner. The beginning of the year is also hard, because even if we have the info, we have over 100 new kids and we have no idea who is who. All this to say, your teacher may not r...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Official Diagnosis - in the US

shootingstar
Posted: 06 Aug 2019, 9:47 pm 

Replies: 16
Views: 836
Thanks, everyone, for the responses. I just don't like maybe's and possibly's, and need certainty (or as close to it as I can get) when it comes to a diagnosis. From what I've read here, I may not get as close to certainty as I'd like just talking to a psychologist. Maybe, if she feels that my suspi...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Official Diagnosis - in the US

shootingstar
Posted: 05 Aug 2019, 4:47 pm 

Replies: 16
Views: 836
kraftiekortie wrote:
How much would spending $3,000 "put you out" financially?



Pretty significantly. I am a teacher, and I have substantial student loans. I simply can't afford it, and likely won't be able to for a number of years.

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Official Diagnosis - in the US

shootingstar
Posted: 05 Aug 2019, 4:24 pm 

Replies: 16
Views: 836
TheOther, I appreciate your response. There just seems to be such a lack of information for approaching diagnosis if you aren't a child. I did specifically seek out a Psychologist who had experience with autism in females, because in my online perusing I've seen that it is largely miss-understood. T...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: Official Diagnosis - in the US

shootingstar
Posted: 05 Aug 2019, 3:52 pm 

Replies: 16
Views: 836
I can't figure out how to start this so I'll just jump right in. For various reasons I've suspected for a few years that I may be autistic. Due to crappy US employer based healthcare that requires over a $3000 deductible to even use, and a lack of healthcare options in the rural area I live in, I ca...

 Forum: General Autism Discussion   Topic: What Counts as A Legitimate Diagnosis?

shootingstar
Posted: 05 Aug 2019, 3:35 pm 

Replies: 15
Views: 747
If you get a diagnosis from either a PhD psychologist or a psychiatrist, it's "valid" from the viewpoint of any entity requiring a "formal" diagnosis. I'm really happy to read this! I am 29, and have suspected for a few years that I may be autistic, but I have terrible insurance...
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