Hi
Bit of a tricky situation. Do not want or expect violins just some suggestions as to how I can make the best of my situation going forward.
I had my parents withhold my autism diagnosis as a child so next to no support - kept trying harder and harder to cope until I burnt out; could not maintain employment without compromising my mental and physical health due to the additional time and effort I had to go to to work to standard - resulting in my needing to work several additional unpaid hours a day just to keep my then job.
Things completely broke down in my 40s and this culminated in my being belatedly formally diagnosed as being both dyspraxic and autistic as an adult but this doesn’t explain other issues I have - I have been told I likely have Irlen’s syndrome and going by what I have read I also believe I match almost all the criteria for non verbal learning disorder (not that well recognised as a condition to my knowledge).
It was advised by a private OT that I get a full cognitive profile done as a starting point. I am currently living on ESA and PIP and do not wish to risk my financial stability by attempting to work again without the supports and protections I need. If I could readily afford to get such an assessment done privately, I would go get one.
Is it possible for someone like me to access a full and proper cognitive profile through an Ed Psych or suchlike as an adult - through either the NHS or Social Care?
Do I as an adult have a right to such help given that I am obviously not low IQ yet at the same time have suspected specific learning impairments which affect my ability to function in higher education and/or a graduate level job?
If school age children are eligible for such assessments; why aren’t adults?
