General diagnosis procedure fo AS.

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I am supposed to be evaluated for AS. I am wondering what standered diagnosis procedure is.

I think it would be ok to ask your assessors what they intend to use to assess you.

When I was assessed, it used the ADOS (autistic diagnostic observation schedule). This involved a developmental questionaire (being asked lots of questions about childhood development), some activities (e.g. describing a picture, a construction task, a presentation task, telling a story from a book), some more questions about social and emotional things (e.g. What makes you sad? What makes a person a friend?).

The assessors told me ahead of time that they would use the ADOS scale, the DSM-IV criteria and their clinical experience.

Thing is though, your experience might be different from mine. The ADOS assessment is one of a few standardised tests, but I no very little about other ones. Sorry I can't be more helpful. I hope your assessment goes well.