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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 610208" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Another route to go if you can't find a neuropsychologist, is to go with a multi-disciplinary evaluation where testing is done by specialists in each area tested. You can find these as well at teaching hospitals.</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed when I was in my forties at University of Chicago Hospital.</p><p></p><p>My oldest nephew was diagnosed with High-Functioning Autism (HFA) and my mother, who was along, was flagged as an Aspie (and boy, is she ever). They asked my sister and mother to see if they could get me to come in to be tested as they were doing a study on heritability of ASDs.</p><p></p><p>I was evaluated by several professionals over a period of six hours. It was gruelling and I can see why they break it up for kids.</p><p></p><p>I got my diagnosis at that time as having an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). They were not able to determine what form I have other than they "thought" it was Asperger's but weren't sure as I'd been compensating for so long.</p><p></p><p>I'm not surprised. My maternal grandfather was also an Aspie, as is one of my maternal uncles. I also walked out of there with a diagnosis of bipolar II and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and PTSD.</p><p></p><p>The latter MH dxes were confirmed by the psychiatrist I use after another "intake" evaluation based on the records from my previous evaluation that took 2 hours.</p><p></p><p>I was such a mess that I had diagnosed myself before that. Not surprising. My sister is BPI and my father had BiPolar (BP) as well.</p><p></p><p>The autism seems to run down my mother's side and the BiPolar (BP) down my paternal line.</p><p></p><p>It's interesting. I hope to read one day of a breakthrough where they can diagnose these disorders with a blood test and infants can tested and interventions started immediately.</p><p></p><p>I lucked out in that to my family, I was just another "odd" one. My mother had a lot of support and advice coming from older relatives who had themselves raised one or more "odd" ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 610208, member: 1963"] Another route to go if you can't find a neuropsychologist, is to go with a multi-disciplinary evaluation where testing is done by specialists in each area tested. You can find these as well at teaching hospitals. I was diagnosed when I was in my forties at University of Chicago Hospital. My oldest nephew was diagnosed with High-Functioning Autism (HFA) and my mother, who was along, was flagged as an Aspie (and boy, is she ever). They asked my sister and mother to see if they could get me to come in to be tested as they were doing a study on heritability of ASDs. I was evaluated by several professionals over a period of six hours. It was gruelling and I can see why they break it up for kids. I got my diagnosis at that time as having an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). They were not able to determine what form I have other than they "thought" it was Asperger's but weren't sure as I'd been compensating for so long. I'm not surprised. My maternal grandfather was also an Aspie, as is one of my maternal uncles. I also walked out of there with a diagnosis of bipolar II and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and PTSD. The latter MH dxes were confirmed by the psychiatrist I use after another "intake" evaluation based on the records from my previous evaluation that took 2 hours. I was such a mess that I had diagnosed myself before that. Not surprising. My sister is BPI and my father had BiPolar (BP) as well. The autism seems to run down my mother's side and the BiPolar (BP) down my paternal line. It's interesting. I hope to read one day of a breakthrough where they can diagnose these disorders with a blood test and infants can tested and interventions started immediately. I lucked out in that to my family, I was just another "odd" one. My mother had a lot of support and advice coming from older relatives who had themselves raised one or more "odd" ones. [/QUOTE]
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