Hello Helen!

Thank you for your helpful reply. Unfortunately the only official
diagnosis I have had so far is "clinical depression".

I have contacted Prospects but they say they cannot help me until I
get an official diagnosis and referral letters from my psychiatrists.

Whenever I speak to my psychiatrists about this, they tell me they
are treating me for "depression" and they have no interest in the
underlying cause.

I spoke to my GP but he keeps referring me back to my psychiatrists
for this sort of thing. Basically I am really "stuck"

The only diagnosis I have had is from a psychiatrist I paid 100
pounds sterling to see and he would not write it down or communicate
with my current psychiatrist.

Recently I have tried to get my GP to refer me to Cambridge Autism
research Centre for a "CLASS" (Cambridge Lifespan Asperger Syndrome
Service) diagnosis, but again, he refused to do so stating it was a
job for my psychiatrists.

For anyone who is interested the website for the Cambridge Autism
Research Centre is as follows:

http://autismresearchcentre.com

It provides diagnostic assessments free of charge to patient and GP
for adults aged 18 or over who may have Asperger Syndrome or High
Functioning Autism.

I hope everyone else has better luck and help than me!

Many thanks anyway

Jannie
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--- In aspiesdugout@y..., "mckeeandme" <mckeeandme@y...> wrote:
Hi there,

If you live in London, there is an organization called Prospects that
will help you with getting a job----if you go to the National
Autistic Society's website, there is information about it.

Helen