I went though embrace-autism.com. From start to finish the whole process was 9 months and 19 days and cost $1700.

I submitted the screening late August 2022, got a reply October 2022 that I can proceed to the diagnostic assessment if I wish. I proceeded to the next step that day and received a response January 2023 that my diagnostic interview was June 2023.

The hardest part was the waiting in between steps. Doing the screening tests I was surprised how high my scores were, so I did them a couple of times just to make sure I was doing them “right”.

Getting the response that I can proceed to the diagnostic assessment was a bit a validation that perhaps I really am autistic but I still had a lot of imposter syndrome, so I went ahead.

One of the biggest fears I had is that this might have been a really expensive “No”, there was a lot of mixed emotions on the call with Dr. Engelbrecht when she told me I am autistic. It was the validation I was looking for and the imposter syndrome is gone.

I’m now deciding if I want to go on to the next step to work with a medical doctor and perhaps explore whether I qualify for some tax benefits with my new diagnosis to help pay for some coaching/counseling. There really needs to be a course one can sign up called “how to be autistic” or something.