Those of you with a diagnosis did you get any paperwork?

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They didnt write anything up, and their was no actual testing.

I received a 20 page report. About 7 of those pages were scores from the various tests conducted.

Yes.

I was DXed via the U.S. Air Force.

I got a document with the diagnosis, and a 4 page report. One copy went to me, and one to my medical records.

I have a fairly lengthy report from a neuropsychologist, that includes results of a few tests she had me do, stating that I am on the autism spectrum and fit the criteria for Aspergers Syndrome. Then I don't currently have a copy of it but in my records for the mental health center I go for therapy my autism is listed as PDD-NOS....not sure why its worded like that there. But yes there are records pertaining to my diagnoses.

The only documentation I have is actually a letter the psychologist who diagnosed me wrote me years ago so I could get a MMJ reccomendation from a physician.

Interestingly, it was sufficiently official for the state to consider me disabled and qualified for assistance for getting work from the Department of Rehabilitation, a state agency which helps diabled people get and keep employment.

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I don't really remember, as I was only 8 at the time. But I do know that there's a bloody great big folder full of documents about my diagnosis somewhere in a cupboard in my mum's bedroom. I've never really read it. There must be like a thousand papers in it. The doctors must have written for England about my diagnosis.

I had my psychiatrist give me a letter of diagnosis for my workplace, explaining the nature and effects upon my work of ASD. I later had him do a Schedule A letter for me to submit to potential federal government employers, federal contractors, and other entities for which that is useful in obtaining services (e.g. state Dept. of Vocational Rehab.). A Schedule A letter does not identify your disability. It just affirms that you have a federally targeted disability, which qualifies you for affirmative action.

A 14 page diagnostic report that arrived 3 months after my diagnosis. Several pages of test scores. As with most here we get hung up on the social "deficits" because that is important to the neuromajority. Very helpful in pointing out and explaining my strong executive functioning difficulties and low working memory.
Here we jump from one topic to another so it was helpful and a bit humbling to have it all in one place. I found out from I was not mild but "Moderately Severe Aspergers" under the DSM IV. I was also diagnosed as Autism Spectrum Disorder under the DSM 5 but I was not given a level. If you read my posts I do not like a lot of the DSM 5 changes but since we are being forced into it, giving me a diagnoses under it is helpful with the transition.

The outcome of my diagnosis also included some extremely helpful insights. The biggest "Aha" was that I had low Executive Function for unstructured situations (a deficiency of complex working memory). I had no idea (until, that is, I started to actually pay attention to is, in the context of my everyday life). It explained a whole host of things.

The report also contained a section on Social/Emotional. I am not certain where this Psychologist figured this stuff – from talking to me – or possibly from the results of one or more tests (including Rorschach). It pretty much says that I a) lack coping capabilities; b) worry too much; c) relate to others in an immature manner; d) am extremely detailed oriented; e) have self-esteem issues; f) don’t deal well with unstructured situations; g) am self-critical. I had forgotten how pointed some of the observations were.

I remember being pretty upset the first time I read the report. Unfortunately, the observations are pretty accurate.

A detailed report has never been given to me, despite my efforts to get at least a more useable summary than the one-page document I received for diagnosis. I think it's not fair as they promised to give me a more comprehensive summary, it just never happened.