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   olena (olena@mementomori.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 01:45:50 JST olena

   So, the neuropsychologist I’ve been referred to to be assessed regarding ADHD, after two sessions, told me I score way too high on the autism questionnaire, so I must have autism and not ADHD (funny after my previous psychiatrist was sure about my ADHD, but not autism), and my ADHD questionnaire answers are less relevant because the problems “happen in social situations or special contexts” - and I was like ‘aren’t all the contexts special?’, but, of course, didn’t say it out loud - it seems, she’s just one of those who still consider autism and ADHD to be mutually exclusive.

   And after that, she said she’s not a specialist in autism, only in ADHD, and I must look for another specialist to talk about autism assessment, and, of course, neither her health center nor my insurance company have one.

   And people keep behaving as if those who don’t have an official diagnosis, don’t count! I mean, even financial side aside (hello 340 euros spent for nothing so far!), for someone with executive distinction to get through all those steps is insane and requires quite a lot of effort and dedication from anyone trying to - how can anyone expect all the ND people really go through it?

   #autism
   #ADHD
   #assessment
   #neurodivergent
   @actuallyautistic

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     olena (olena@mementomori.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 01:45:48 JST olena

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     @actuallyautistic I almost feel like I need the questionary to have the range of seven answers for me if I’m supposed to reliably answer within the range of 5

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     olena (olena@mementomori.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 01:45:49 JST olena

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     @actuallyautistic also, some funny thing about the questionaries is that if you, like me, avoid answering too categorically (no matter what the question is, I most often hesitate to give 1 or 5 answers on those ‘rate on the scale from 1 to 5’ questions), you don’t score as high as people who are more ‘sure’. I mean, doesn’t matter how well the symptom fits, I feel like “always” and “never” are not valid answers for like 99.99% of questions at all, because there always are some exceptions, and I, being a monolith of doubt, almost never say I am absolutely sure in anything. Even if you ask me if I am sure about my name or my identity. So I feel that that kind of assessment when they just count the points is kinda wrong?

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     Albert ARIBAUD ✎ (aaribaud@mastodon.art)'s status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 01:47:35 JST Albert ARIBAUD ✎

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     @olena @actuallyautistic For me a "number question" should a) always allow a neutral answer (i.e., not an even number of degrees like "between 1 (some extreme) and 4 (opposite extreme)"; b) always *also* offer a "question does not make sense" option; and c) always *also* *also* offer a "you shouldn't ask that question" option.