Finally got date for Assessment...

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Received a letter yesterday with my appointment for diagnostic assessment. I don’t know if this will be the only appointment (I thought there were usually more than one) or what exactly will happen, the letter just gives time, date (4 Oct!), typical duration (2.5 hrs), name of clinician. It will be a few days over 14 months since my triage appointment. I don’t know what I’m asking or saying in this post really, just wanted to say it out loud somewhere. I’m terrified and eager at the same time. Sure I’ll be an anxious mess, my anxiety levels have already been very high the past month for various reasons, almost to breaking point. Hope I can make it through the next month of waiting without totally losing it. Meanwhile, we completed the assessments for my 11 yr old almost 10 weeks ago and they STILL haven’t sent out the report and diagnosis yet. I am so tired of waiting.

Allright, so it's a little bit more than a month away. I suppose you've been waiting a while just to get the assessment time. Hope you can share the experience of the assessment + the results

Congratulations for hanging on so long. Just a bit longer now.

If you haven't done so already, I would suggest that you prepare for the appointment by making a well-organized list of your reasons for suspecting ASD. (Group the list into categories like "social difficulties, "sensory issues," "attention issues," "executive functioning issues," "unusual habits and routines," etc.)

Thanks for replies.

I will share the results once I get them.

I wrote lots of notes for my original GP appointment which I will try to revise. Part of me does not believe it’s actually happening. I often go into a kind of blocked mode when something big comes up. Hopefully I’ll still be able to prepare.