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VelorumVelorum Member
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Hello all
I was pointed in this direction by Amity over at Wrong Planet.
I am a clinician who works in NHS child and adolescent mental health services and specialise in community services for young people with learning disabilities and/or autism.
I was formally diagnosed with HFA/AS just over a year ago (ICD10 84.5) which felt like the final piece of the jigsaw re making sense of my life - and I now know that the reason I gravitated towards the kind of work that I do.
Looking forward to participating here.

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  • MagnaMagna Citizen

    Welcome. I recognize your avatar from a different autism site.

  • blazingstarblazingstar Citizen

    Welcome. I also recognize you. Good to see you here.

  • HylianHylian Citizen, Mentor

    Welcome to the forum! It's nice to see you here.

  • VelorumVelorum Member

    Thanks all

  • verityverity Administrator, Citizen

    Welcome 🙂

  • AmityAmity Administrator, Citizen

    Ah it's good to see you here, glad you decided to join!
    There are a few of us Neurovoice with a late diagnosis...

    I remember reframing my perspective on past experiences or situations after I realised that autism was the context I had been missing.
    It was like a rewriting of my history.

    Welcome Velorum ☺

  • KaramazovKaramazov Citizen

    Morning! 😎

    Good to see you again 🙂

  • BenderBender Citizen

    Welcome to the forum, good to see you again! 🙂

  • Statest16Statest16 Citizen, Mentor

    I recognize the avatar,welcome

  • Teach51Teach51 Citizen

    Welcome Velorum!

  • VelorumVelorum Member

    Thanks once again for such a warm welcome everyone

  • VelorumVelorum Member

    @Amity said:
    Ah it's good to see you here, glad you decided to join!
    There are a few of us Neurovoice with a late diagnosis...

    I remember reframing my perspective on past experiences or situations after I realised that autism was the context I had been missing.
    It was like a rewriting of my history.

    Welcome Velorum ☺

    That's exactly how I felt!

  • IsabellaIsabella Citizen

    Welcome, Velorum!

  • verityverity Administrator, Citizen

    I know someone doing something similar to you in some NHS trust.

    They are also involved in assessment albeit as an assistant/junior psychologist level.

    They have said that Covid has made assessment more challenging when working over video conference.

    I expect your work has also been affected.

  • VelorumVelorum Member

    @verity said:
    I know someone doing something similar to you in some NHS trust.

    They are also involved in assessment albeit as an assistant/junior psychologist level.

    They have said that Covid has made assessment more challenging when working over video conference.

    I expect your work has also been affected.

    To a degree, however as part of my work entails working with individuals and families in crises then I have carried on with a number of FTF visits each week since Covid started.

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