ADOS Assessment

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Did the ADOS-2 Module 4 assessment on Friday in London. Didn't really know what to expect..it all seemed a wee bit childish

First of all there were a lot of questions. What are relationships? What do you think the differences are between a close friend and partner. Done a number of practical exercises including completing a puzzle with some foam pieces that needed to fit into a pattern on a sheet of paper. I completed it ok and asked for more when I ran out of pieces. There were 2 colours, so I put the colours in a uniform pattern. She asked me why I did that. I said I didn't know..just seemed the right thing to do. She then asked me what it resembled.

Couldn't really think what it resembled so I said it reminded me of an 8-bit computer game character. She then showed me a picture book (think it was called Tuesday) about some frogs. She asked me to describe the story to her. Don't think I really described the story as such, more just said what was on each page. I did point out that the frogs seemed to have no trouble avoiding the telephone lines, but were unable to avoid the washing line. We then had a break. She gave me some items to use...a handheld pinball game, one of those things where you put your hand in and it makes an impression using all these little pin things. There was also a spinning top and a metal disc that had some rainbow colours on it. I liked that one. Was kinda cool how the colours merge when it is spun and I told her that. She asked me why. I said I didn't know..just thought it was cool.

She then took out a number of small objects and asked me to make a story out of it. Can't remember what they were in total, but I know I took out a toy car, a red feather, a block and a small ball. I made up the story about the car crashing into the block...the feather was blood on the road and the ball was an ambulance. She did ask me why I lined up the objects when I selected them...didn't even notice I had done that so didn't have an answer.

She then asked me to mime something which I thought was weird. She said I needed to act out the actions I would do to brush my teeth. Felt really awkward on this. I sort of looked perplexed. She pointed at the table and said "there's the sink...taps...toothbrush, now show me how you brush your teeth". Didn't really act it out as such. Just sort of mimed turning on the tap, picking up a toothbrush and said "then I brush my teeth".

Didn't get a result there and then. I have a review next week (13th) where I'll hear the results. Very nervous if I'm honest as this could be the end of a very very long issue with my mental health. When I got this appointment, it was like a light at the end of the tunnel. If I don't get a result out of this, I'll be kinda lost as I know something is very wrong and I really want to know what it is. If next week goes without me being none the wiser, I'll be lost.

There were 2 people there. A social worker and a psychiatrist. They were taking notes. Would love to know what those notes said.

fingers crossed for you that you get the answers you need

thanks mate

My assessment was pretty similar. I had to "read" the book Tuesday as well. I actually thought I did pretty good with that - it's a book I read with my son all the time. I may have sounded a bit nervous though.

I think I really goofed up when they asked me to describe emotions. When I was asked what anger felt like, all I could come up with was "a bubble." LOL

Yeah, I had to do similar stuff and I also found it childish.

Greetings. I did the ADOS assessment too. I also found it childish when I did it. I didn't understand why I did it at the time because I did a bunch of assessments at that time. But I don't remember the puzzle piece thing. The main thing about it is I like knowing what I need to do before I do something, and for this assessment, I had no idea and there was "no wrong answer" and I don't like things with no wrong answer.

I remember doing the frog story, the objects and creating a story out of them, asking about definitions of friends or whatever, but not the puzzle thing. And I did the tooth brushing thing. She didn't originally tell me to act it out, so I was explaining it and then she said I needed to act it out. I felt very uncomfortable doing that.

Anyways, hope you are happy about your results. I'm sure you will be able to ask questions when you get them too.

If they come back with a negative result (no ASD), I'll feel lost. Don't know what I'll do then. I'll also feel as if I'm faking it or shouldn't be on this forum....or something....

Well. Im 'normal' apparently. Now im totally lost. They did refer me to psychodynamic therapy tho.

She said there was no questionnaire from my parents. There was. I completed 2. One from my sister and one from my mother. I think they lost them.

I felt this was a life line. Today, someone cut that life line and now im drifting into even deeper water.