My son's neuropsych asked me today...

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They aren't selling ASD; they are selling their time and knowledge.

I was diagnosed as an adult and it helped me immensely. I get accommodations at university, grant money from the government to help with school, tax breaks, etc. So getting a diagnosis as an adult CAN be beneficial. Most importantly, though, I've been able to unwravel a large piece of my identity, and you cannot put a price tag on that!

Yes, they do. But just the situation that youll have to pay for an ASD diagnosis is bad.
Lets hope that in future youll be able to get this test very easily and for free.

I think whenever you realise you're on the spectrum youll probably will have trouble with it sometime.
And what do you do if you have a flew? You go to the doctor and he writes flew to your paper, youll get treatment.
So even though you could very well handle a flew without it youll get everything covered by your insurance

Now for AS(D), you obviously wont. And AS(D) is not really the thing that you could handle that well without some kind of support
Or the effect is much bigger on your well-being, whether your treated right or wrong, or treated at all.



Nice to hear that you got such a good support and feel well about it !

Sorry, if it felt like this,
but I didnt mean that you would be stupid in any kind.
It just maybe feels like we would say so

That youd relate to quite many things that are not so
is pretty normal for aspies I think (I am so I would always think people are after me wanting something bad)

And sorts of that giving advice about things. yeah well, trying to not be like a smart ass or overconfident.

And some of the things that were written here come out of frustration, at least those that you picked up as "annoying"
Male aspies are a bit different I guess. Female are much more polite, Sorry

The problem with this is that not all countries treat AS the same. In the US for example classic autism is on the Social Security list of conditions that make it easier to get benefits but AS is not. On the other hand if AS is on your medical record it may be difficult to get insurance or the insurance company can put you in a higher rate bracket. Also an AS dx can hinder you in getting certain jobs. I understand why the DX is important for a child or an adult that needs government services (although you will still be turned down 2 or 3 times before you get them 2 years later if you're lucky). But, for someone who has a stable family and a stable job the negatives may outweigh the few positives. It really all comes down to weighing the positives and negatives.

Thanks, everyone. I don't think I'll pursue a DX right now. I pretty much know.

I worry about that as well. It's another check for the "no" column. I don't want benefits so that's not in my plus column.

The reason for my sarcastic post earlier (aimed at the doctor not you) was that I was put off by a doctor asking if you want a DX in the middle of assessing your child. If I were in your doctors shoes I would think that you want to focus on your child and I would be very hesitant to ask if you want to pursue a DX in the middle of it all. In my mind I would think the parent's priority is the child, especially if I know the parent is pretty stable in life. Anyway, I have a gift for sarcasm but no harm intended.

IMO you're making the right decision by putting off getting a DX.

Thanks, I think I get the sarcasm now. I appreciate it. Yes, it was a little weird to hear that in the middle of an assessment for my son. But it was a quickie, we turned right back to my son again. It's true that I'm functioning fine (or I think I am) all things considered and that my son is the priority. It just blew me away to hear that.