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Autism Assessment How To Get Autism Diagnosis · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  You have arrived. Welcome to the Aspy world.
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  Here's where we talk about anything and everything ASD in
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  an upbeat and informative way. And now here's your man on the
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  spectrum, your autism ambassador, Daniel Morgan Jones.
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  Hey guys, these videos are a little bit different.
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  Today I'm answering questions for you guys, but with the help
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  of one of my team members. Now this is Carla.
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  Carla is a healthcare professional in the field of
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  autism and therapy. So Carla is going to be
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  answering questions that she's specifically taken from the
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  stuff that my viewers that you guys have asked in my videos
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  before. So if you want a chance of being
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  heard answered directly by Carla, then make sure to comment
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  on this video if you have a question and you'd like us to
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  pick it up. Now, Carla also has therapy
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  available, which we'll leave links for down below.
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  You booked through the Aspy world, but I'm really pleased to
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  have this now. So I'm going to hand you over to
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  Carla. She's amazing and she's going to
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  answer the questions and you're going to learn a lot.
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  All right, guys. For a free 15 minute
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  consultation, please click the link below.
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  I can't wait to meet you and here are some of the questions
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  that you might have. Let's find those answers.
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  Chat too soon. Hi, my name is Carla Pretorius
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  and I'm a registered therapist. I'm also neuro divergent myself
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  and I've been in the field of neurodiversity for the last 20
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  years. I would like to address a
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  question that we often receive. I'm going to read it out.
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  I'm on the autism waiting list. I've been for three years and
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  still not received an assessment.
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  This is quite a common question that we receive as clinicians
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  where the waiting list just takes so long, sometimes years,
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  in this case, three years and the person is still waiting.
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  First of all, I'm sorry. I understand that it must be
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  frustrating to wait this long, to feel that nobody is
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  listening, nobody is getting back to you.
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  Some suggestions from my side as a therapist would be to ask when
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  is this going to happen to kind of pester them a little bit.
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  And then to also if you're in the UK, you can ask for the
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  rights to choose path to get more information on that so that
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  that goes a little bit faster than the normal NHS route.
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  If you're in a different country though, it might be something a
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  different route that you need to follow.
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  So maybe ask your doctor or your psychologist if they can help
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  you. But there are definitely things
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  that you can do before receiving a diagnosis.
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  I believe that there are five steps towards self advocating.
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  The first one for me is being self aware and that includes
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  really getting to know who you are, what you like, what you
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  dislike, what's your sensory profile like?
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  Just sitting there and understanding why are you
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  getting a little bit frustrated because of different sounds,
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  different sights, different smells.
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  And then possibly also just looking at what are
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  accommodations that you can include in your life.
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  So that goes into the second step of self regulating.
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  So really regulating those, those sensory needs and other
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  needs that you might have, finding ways to cope in
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  scenarios that might be a little bit overwhelming if you have to
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  go into them, of course. And then the other self is also
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  to learn more. So to self educate, to find out
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  what these terms are. Where are these advocates that
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  you relate to? Is it is, are there some videos
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  that you can listen to and try out in your own life?
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  Maybe somebody like Dan Jones has some videos that you really
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  relate to well. And those are things that you
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  can incorporate into your own everyday schedule.
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  And then looking at self love and self acceptance, that's a
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  big step. So really understanding all of
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  these things, incorporating those accommodations and then
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  starting to like who you are, starting to enjoy your quirks.
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  And then the last one would be to advocate for yourself.
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  So I really do believe in those steps and now it is a lot to
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  digest. So if you have any questions on
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  any of those steps, let me know in the comments section below.
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  But I would love to hear your thoughts on what do you do to
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  help you gain insights into waiting while you're waiting for
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  this diagnosis process. And if anyone has some ideas
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  specifically to their country, what they did to decrease the
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  time in receiving an assessment, please do write that down as
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  well because then we can also learn from each other.
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  I think that's the main thing for me is to really share what I
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  know, but also learn from like the clients that I serve from
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  you. So thank you so much for being
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  here. I'll speak to you soon.
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  So don't. Forget if you want to book a
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  session with Cal, there's a link in the description down below.
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  Thank you guys for watching this video.
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  Give it a thumbs up if you liked it and I'll see you in the next
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  one. Peace.
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  OK, guys. See you in the next one.
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  Peace.