Has anybody here failed to get a diagnosis?

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that being said it's obviously not good to have a diagnosis of ANY mental illness or disability. And there is no value in people knowing in real life, I can tell you from experience particularly in America. If you have it and they know and they have any reason to not like you then that will only fuel their fire and confirm to them (NT) that their suspicions about you are correct (you are diagnosed). Further, my doctor sent in paperwork to my university and they provided no accomodation, but the couple people I did tell treated me like a disease afterward. And unless you want to go down in record for suing a large institution, there's really no protection for that behavior. However, the only potential benefit I could see would be for getting your doctor to get you disability in the states which is hardly a reasonable amount of money to live on, particularly for one with sensitivities and special needs. Therefore, really in combination with the mideval diagnosis methods at this time (apart from late talking) and psychiatrists only able to treat some of symptoms (as there is no cure currently), to be honest I do not see the concern, that is unless you are trying to get someone to tell you who you are for you or to confirm something that you are already apprehensive about (which means you don't think you have it you might not)....anyway hope this makes some sort of sense.

Sounds like a therapist who doesn't know much about AS. I made it through school only because I got the help I needed. I would have dropped out if I didn't get help.

How does a shrink go from "suspecting Asperger's" to "no Asperger's" between sessions? Because her intelligence shrunk! Anyway, back to what I was gonna say: the only reason that I too graduated high school was because I also got the help I needed (moreso with treating my ADHD and having a couple Special Ed classes every semester).