Just had the 3rd assessment

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It was difficult remembering whether I had the various traits in early childhood . My stepdaughter inputted with things she'd noted that I had just seen as being 'Well that's just me! . For example rocking and tapping my feet . Due to the lack of childhood info the assessor has made me an appointment to do the ADOS. She will go over the information already provided and may or may not make a decision based on that. In which case I won't need to do the ADOS .

She also said that signs of dyspraxia and the negative symptoms of schizophrenia clouded things to some degree .

I think it's good they're being so thorough.

Not sure how to take it. On one hand it's not an outright 'No, you aren't' , but on the other it's not a definite 'yes'. The mention of other things that may cloud the issue is a little worrying . I do wonder whether if you have long standing mental health problems there's a tendency for things to be wrongly attributed to that, and not seen as being due to ASD.

A reply to a post I made on the Reddit Asperger's forum -

Wouldn't you want an assessment to include all your mental health issues?

I'm not against them being included so long as they don't lead to an inaccurate assessment.

A thing that was mentioned was invading personal space . I think she was saying I do it. I'm a bit confused by that as we were all sitting in chairs that were close together anyway. I can't see how I could have invaded personal space in that situation. That is not to say that I am good at judging what's an acceptable personal space.