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Originally Posted by AnthonyDerBlaue
My mother just mentioned in passing that my biology teacher (who apparently has an autistic son) thinks that I'm autistic? This meeting was a few months ago, and I'm kinda suprised my mothed hasn't said anything till now.
In other news, the referral still hasn't happened. The doctor originally said he would get back within a week (which seemed way too quick tbh), so my mum contacted them today and apparently it is happening.
Does anyone know how long referrals to CAHMS through the NHS usually takes? Also, if they're any good for autism-related things?
Thanks to everyone who's offered their support and advice on this thread so far.
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The 'usual' time is up to 6 weeks for receiving a confirmation of the referral and it can be anything up to another 6 weeks after that to get an actual appointment.
When I was waiting on my referral I thought it was taking far too long, it'd been about 8 weeks and I still hadn't heard anything. I called my PDoc to chase it up and it turned out she'd forgotten to even send the letter to them... After she did send it, my mum ended up contacting the specialist on my behalf to explain that I'd been waiting so long because of the PDoc forgetting and the specialist managed to fit me in much sooner than normal.