Can Someone Share Significent Traits Without Being Autistic?

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The waiting list in my area has gone down a lot as they had extra funding through about a year ago, so the waiting list has gone down to about two years and they hope the list will go down more from there.

Last edited by Mountain Goat on 04 Mar 2020, 2:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Oh wow!! That is such a long time! I can't believe they won't accept a private diagnosis. Are the standards within testing the same as public assessment? It is really nice that you at least have a support group who are helping you to reduce the list and with preparations.

Oops. I ammended what I wrote to shorten it.

It was all about that the school she was in could not get her any help until she had a diagnosis, and the athorities in my area only accepted the nhs diagnosis. When she was three years old the school teachers asked her parents to get her assessed. They went to the doctors who then had her put on the waiting list. She was about 9 years old when she was nhs assessed, and though in some areas she is very highly intelligent, she could not read or write. But, when she was diagnosed on the nhs she was able to have the help she needed and she has come along well. (She still has issues which is partly due to her condition... But as her mum and my brother are no longer an item I have hardly seen her).

I don't know if the standards are the same or not. I do know the private assessment cost them a lot of money.

Yes. I knew an NT woman who was going through some sort of crisis in her life and was suffering with depression, and one day at work the noise of people chattering and the bright lights suddenly sent her into a meltdown, and she panicked and threw her papers across the room and screamed, "everybody just f**k OFF!! !!" The boss took her into the office and she sat there rocking for a few minutes until she calmed down. She said that she'd never had that happen before - and no she's definitely not on the spectrum. She had to have counseling for her chronic depression. I think she's OK now.

Also I've read that people with Fragile-X syndrome (but not with autism) can have trouble making friends, often flap their hands or stim in childhood (some can still do it into adulthood), and can have sensory issues with bright lights or loud noises. They can also have behaviour problems and a lot get bullied and rejected by their peers at high school because of being socially behind their peers (as well as intellectually, although some girls with it can actually have average IQ).

I think there’s a lot of overlap between autism and ADHD. I’m pretty sure my wife has ADHD, and I know I do.