Q: “I know that I’m autistic, but I require a diagnosis for the support I need. How do I communicate to my clinician in a respectful way that I’m smart and read many of the same materials they do?
Trying to get a proper diagnosis has been exhausting.”First, I would encourage you not to be defensive during your visit.
Clinicians have to follow a process to give you a diagnosis. This may seem like a waste of time, but a full differential diagnosis requires more than just asking neurodivergent-related questions.
You may be asked questions that you feel are irrelevant, but that are important nonetheless.There might be something you can learn, and something that you can teach the clinician.
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