tetragon wrote:
Back in 2004, I was diagnosed with Asperger's during a short interview. For the most part, I didn't pay much attention to it, even in times when it could have helped: it was insufficiently detailed for my university.
A month ago, I finally had the more detailed assessment for AS that my university's accessibility and counseling departments wanted. After a long day of tests and talking (and some information from my parents and time for the report to be created), I ended up with paperwork saying HFA.
But now I need to figure out what on earth is happening with some of those university people. I've been asked if I feel depressed, after one of them read the report and saw that one of the tests suggested that I was, presumably not noticing that one of the other tests rated me as alexithymic. I've had appointments arranged, but with no mention to me or the person who I saw on what the appointment was to be about.
I also need to decide upon what to do with the recommendations, which range from being taught how to recognise emotions to reducing some of my routines (which is one thing I don't think I'll do. Things don't go so well when I get off track).
I don't know that I can offer any constructive advice, however I think it's important to recognize the weaknesses of such tests to interpret them properly. I have testing that insists I'm an auditory learner but I'm not. I'm a visual learner. The weakness of the test is that it assumes a person who can repeat back auditory information has processed it in a meaningful way and understand what they are saying.
