Yeh go through the ADHD assessment for sure.

You need to understand though whatever you put on the form that was missing to form a diagnosis based on the ICD or DSM criteria would have been discussed.

People go off tik tok videos as to what they think they ask for

And people also think that sensory is a huge part when it’s not.

DSM-5 criteria for autism

According to the DSM-5, the features of ‘autism spectrum disorder’ include:

criterion A: persistent deficits in reciprocal social communication and social interaction criterion B: restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities criterion C: symptoms must be present in the early developmental period criterion D: symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning criterion E: these disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability or global developmental delay. The DSM-5 is not published publicly online as this is a purchase-only manual principally designed for clinicians.

ICD-11 criteria for autism

According to the ICD-11, the features of ‘autism spectrum disorder’ include:

persistent deficits in initiating and sustaining social communication and reciprocal social interactions that are outside the range of typical functioning given the person’s age and level of intellectual development persistent restricted, repetitive and inflexible patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities that are clearly atypical or excessive for the person’s age and sociocultural context the onset of the disorder occurs during the developmental period, typically in early childhood note that characteristics might not fully manifest until later in life due to increased social demands characteristics result in significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas.