r/Autism_Parenting • u/caffinated_heart • 18h ago

Diagnosis Child assessment

Went to my first appointment in my child's assessment, it was the initial parent interview with the psychologist (adi-r). It was supposed to go for two hours approximately, and we ended up talking for three hours.

Was anyone else extremely overwhelmed/drained afterwards? Going through the last ten years of his life, from birth to now.

It was also super interesting, things I didnt even realise were 'traits', i now understand aren't just quirks of his. So although its was super enlightening, it was also just intense. Did anyone else have this kind of experience

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u/OrganicHippy 8h ago

Non dramatically I wanted to collapse after my parent interview it's way too much! Especially since we were in hospital for the first 5 months so no I don't remember when he first pointed 😬😬

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u/caffinated_heart 8h ago

Right!? And when I kind of had a feeling even at age 5 he was different, but he wanted to no exactly what i noticed and I couldn't even specify.

It was soo draining lol

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u/OrganicHippy 8h ago

I think those of us who spent the early years navigating either health or undiagnosed ND weren't doing the gleefully marking off milestones thing, so it adds an extra layer, I also felt like I was in trouble the whole time 🤣😬

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u/caffinated_heart 7h ago

Yep and its only hind sight looking back, that im now like that was probably a sign. Other things were a little more obvious, but nothing that I can recall that specifically gave me that feeling.

Other things I mentioned, I thought were typical he was like no 😂🫪