So today was the third part of my diagnostic evaluation at the autism center. This time I met with a psychiatrist. I was even more nervous about this meeting, partly because we are getting closer to the end but also because I really didn’t know what to expect from him. I guess it went okay. [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Evaluation, Part III, Plus a Brief Work Update
Posted in Baby Steps, Identity and Labels, What's On My Mind, tagged autism center, diagnosis, evaluation, work on October 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Aspergirls and Work
Posted in Aspergirls on October 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
So, it’s been a while since I have discussed the book Aspergirls, but I do still plan to get through the whole thing on here. I most recently wrote about Higher Learning, here and here, and the next chapter in the book is on the topic of Employment and Career. Here are a couple of [...]
Evaluation, Part II
Posted in Baby Steps, Identity and Labels, tagged ADOS, diagnosis, dichotomies, evaluation on October 5, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I went back for the second part of my diagnostic evaluation at the Center for Autism in mid-September. This involved going through the adult version of the ADOS with a different psychologist than I saw for the first meeting. She was very nice as well. I did have to wait a bit longer, but my [...]
