I ask this because of the cost. I am willing to pay for an assessment in the lower end of the high cost range which assessments typical have. However, I want to know what it would do for me, if I already have enough evidence showing I’m autistic? I want a therapist who can help me with struggles relevant to being autistic. But I don’t know what an assessment would actually give me? I can see it potentially giving me access to a good therapist who specialises in autism. But can I do that without an assessment?
For those of you who are diagnosed, what has it done for you? Did it make any meaningful difference in your situation?
Basically the same as all the other commenters before me. It absolutely makes sense for a plethora of reasons, if you can afford it.
Where I live, you don’t have to pay shit for a diagnosis, it just takes long and you basically need help getting there either a friend who is inquisitive or some other person who has your back.
In any case, you have been „disabled“ all your life. That’s not going to change through diagnosis. What changes is your legal stance. If someone mocks you for being autistic, this can now become a hatecrime (hyperbole but you get the gist I hope).
Wish you tons of luck on your journey. Have a good one.