🔬 To be written by the founding 100
Diagnosing & whole-child testing
Autism rarely arrives alone — and the diagnosis is the beginning of the questions, not the end. This guide will be grown from the real assessment journeys of our founding families, organised by the editorial team, names removed.
What will live here
🧬 The whole-child workup
Genetic testing, neurology & EEG, GI & nutrition, hearing & vision, co-occurring screening — what founders' doctors looked for, and what they wish they'd asked for sooner.
❓ Questions for the appointment
The exact sentences founders used in assessment rooms that changed what happened next.
🗺️ How it went, by country
Real diagnosis timelines and pathways — NHS, US insurance, school systems, private routes — from families who navigated them.
💬 Anonymous FAQ
Founders' questions, answered by parents a few steps ahead — anonymously, within days.
Founders: this page is waiting for you. Share your diagnosis journey in the
Just diagnosed group or as a story —
it becomes the map the next family wishes they'd had.
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