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Exploding Radical
The ASD evaluations I've read about last 3-6 hours, and sometimes continue over multiple days.
I had an ASD evaluation four days ago and it lasted less than two hours. That was even less than they told me it would last. It was with a psychologist contracted by a state agency for developmental disabilities (not just a random shrink) so I assume that they have some idea of what they are doing. I didn't get any IQ testing beyond Raven's Matrices...but, is that all that makes the time difference? I seriously doubt that it had to do with me being easy to diagnose, because multiple other shrinks have told me that I was difficult to diagnose.
This is what happened:
He showed me a book with no words and asked me to talk about what was happening in the pictures. Then I did the same thing with a laminated drawing or painting, then with a series of black and white pictured cards. He gave me a towel and a bar of soap and told me to use gestures to show him how humans wash their faces and brush their teeth, pretending that he knew no human languages. He gave me a bag full of totally random items (plastic tennis ball, a mini playing card, popsicle stick, red block, etc.) and told me to make up a story, commercial, etc. about them. He asked me several questions about what my feelings felt like, my future plans (work and education), my motivation and feelings about my hobbies, the dynamics of my past friendships and relationship, and getting along with others at work/school. Near the end he left the room and then returned with a few items for me to play with while he made his final notes.
I wonder if I've been cheated out of tests that could have made a difference.
I had an ASD evaluation four days ago and it lasted less than two hours. That was even less than they told me it would last. It was with a psychologist contracted by a state agency for developmental disabilities (not just a random shrink) so I assume that they have some idea of what they are doing. I didn't get any IQ testing beyond Raven's Matrices...but, is that all that makes the time difference? I seriously doubt that it had to do with me being easy to diagnose, because multiple other shrinks have told me that I was difficult to diagnose.
This is what happened:
He showed me a book with no words and asked me to talk about what was happening in the pictures. Then I did the same thing with a laminated drawing or painting, then with a series of black and white pictured cards. He gave me a towel and a bar of soap and told me to use gestures to show him how humans wash their faces and brush their teeth, pretending that he knew no human languages. He gave me a bag full of totally random items (plastic tennis ball, a mini playing card, popsicle stick, red block, etc.) and told me to make up a story, commercial, etc. about them. He asked me several questions about what my feelings felt like, my future plans (work and education), my motivation and feelings about my hobbies, the dynamics of my past friendships and relationship, and getting along with others at work/school. Near the end he left the room and then returned with a few items for me to play with while he made his final notes.
I wonder if I've been cheated out of tests that could have made a difference.