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man sitting and smiling Our teams offer the following services:

  • For children and young people in Derby and southern Derbyshire – assessment of neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD and autism. For more information, visit our children's neurodevelopmental pathway section. 
  • For adults across Derbyshire – assessment of Autism. For more information, see below. 

The Trust does not assess for ADHD in adults, nor does it provide medication monitoring or post-diagnostic support for ADHD in adults. Please contact your GP if you are seeking an assessment for ADHD, they can refer you for an assessment via the Right to Choose scheme.

Adult Autism assessment

Autistic people experience core difficulties which are common across the spectrum. These may include issues with:

  • Social interaction
  • Social communication
  • Social imaginatio
  • Sensory processing

Autistic peoplemay have difficulty planning and organising their day, getting started on a task, doing more than one task at a time, moving between tasks or knowing what to do with their time.

Autistic people may also have a strong desire to stick to familiar activities and find change or unexpected situations difficult. They may have very strong interests and know a lot about one subject.

How may a diagnosis of autism help?

Receiving a diagnosis of autism can give individuals, their friends and family a better understanding of the person’s needs and abilities. It could also provide an alternative explanation to common misdiagnoses, such as personality disorder.

A diagnosis should enable individuals to access support so that they can manage the difficulties they experience.

It can also help individuals identify their unique strengths and abilities rather than seeing their differences as difficulties alone.

Derbyshire Adult Autism Assessment Service

The Adult Autism Assessment Service team provides diagnostic assessments for adults aged 18 years and over who are suspected of having autism, do not have a learning disability and have given their consent.

The service covers the whole of Derbyshire and occasionally people outside of the county if they lived in Derbyshire at the time they were initially referred.

For more information about the service offered, please see our information leaflet.

Enquiries

If you have any questions please contact:

The Derbyshire Autism Passport has been developed by a number of local organisations, in partnership with local people, to ensure that individuals living with Autism within Derbyshire are better supported.

The passport is designed to help autistic people to communicate their needs to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

We encourage all those with a confirmed diagnosis of Autism to download and print one. Please complete it as fully as possible, and keep it with you to help you explain your communication, sensory and support needs.
 

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