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Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 2 Tuesday 31/10/23

TL;DR Bloody Doctors!

So this morning I had an appointment with the Dr concerning an ongoing illness but I hoped that I could sneak in the paperwork for the ASD Diagnostic Assessment referral.

Hell no, nothing so simple whilst the Dr said he would kick off the process he also said that I needed to complete a form requesting him to do it.

So I tootled home & searched the requisite web page, found the right section, also found that what he had told me was a load of rubbish!

It seems there is no such form, & indeed no such initial process!

I rang the surgery to try & get some clarification to be told that he would be calling me back this afternoon …. No call so far. (16:07 GMT)

Ahhhh !!!!

So yon Dr knows that I have Chronic depression & anxiety issues & now ASD , so he thinks it’s a good idea to jump up & down on a few of my triggers 🙄🤦♂️

We’ll give him until 17:30 then write that call off as not happening & chase him up tomorrow.

AOB:

Yesterday (& possibly today, I have yet to read my feed ) a number of really close friends & a couple of not so close ones were kind enough to offer me their support & help in the this ongoing journey , I want to take the opportunity to sat thank you to them all (you know who you are 🤗🥰 ) .

I have been reflecting on what this initial diagnosis means to me & have settled on these points for now:

1) There are a lot worse conditions I could suffer from, as a ‘high functioning ‘ ASD sufferer I am in charge of my faculties to a large extent.

2) I have lived with effectively a whole other persona in me & never grasped that they were there.

3) I know so little about autism, time to educate myself !

4) I wonder if my ASD is why I like bullet pointed lists so much ?

#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #TheMammutMoves