{"id":4589,"date":"2024-05-09T22:35:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T05:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=4589"},"modified":"2024-05-18T11:26:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T18:26:37","slug":"getting-a-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=4589","title":{"rendered":"Getting a Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Here is a video<\/mark><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/MDkF-xFdUVQr1sdDYOuVcNAm-g8oDPDbFZyglw209A0GllbbvIWdUUYS8oE5WBRt.7atj687EKdF1Ytxs\">recording<\/a><em> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">of the following program.<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the years <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">N<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">D<\/span><\/strong> has received countless requests about how to be assessed for autism as an adult. On <strong>May 18<\/strong> we will visit the question in an online panel discussion featuring AASCEND board members <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Lawrence Fung, Stacey Kennedy<\/strong> <\/mark>and <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Paul Nussbaum.<\/mark><\/strong> Lawrence Fung is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford, where he heads the Stanford Neurodiversity Project. He is a friend of neurodiversity and uses the approach of positive psychology in his work. Stacey and Paul are both autistic and have valuable experience to share about life before and after diagnosis, and the challenges of getting a diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"874\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Autism-Diagnosis-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4591\" style=\"width:561px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Autism-Diagnosis-1.png 874w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Autism-Diagnosis-1-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Autism-Diagnosis-1-768x359.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Autism-Diagnosis-1-500x233.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This program is a direct response to your many inquiries about diagnosis. <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Please bring your questions and experiences to share!<\/mark><\/strong> We will be focusing on adult autism diagnosis in the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#b16a00\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The Zoom meeting URL and password will be sent to people on our email list as the date approaches. If you are not on our email list, click <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=45b240034405a1b47948a710d&amp;id=a3632f7d57\">here<\/a> to sign up. <em>No registration is necessary.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">As usual at AASCEND meetings, <\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#2c7b5e\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>attendees on the autism spectrum will offer their experience and perspectives throughout the program.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Who: <\/b>Adults on the autism spectrum, families, mentors and professionals all welcome. For more information, please contact: info@aascend.org<br><strong>When:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sat<\/strong><\/span><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <\/span>May 18<\/mark><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>, 10am \u2013 11am <\/strong><\/span><br><strong>Where: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Online via Zoom.<\/span><\/strong> <em>URL and password will be emailed<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a video recording of the following program. Through the years AASCEND has received countless requests about how to be assessed for autism as an adult. On May 18 we will visit the question in an online panel discussion &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=4589\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4589"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4598,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4589\/revisions\/4598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}